APPENDICES
Measurement of Length (see note 2)
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDER 1990
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CONVERSION TAble
1.
(a)
(b)
(c)
1 kilometre
1 metre
1 centimetre
1 millimetre
1 mile
1 chain
1 yard 1 foot
1 inch
1 chek 1 tsun
fan
Metric Units and Symbols
km 000 metres
m
cm=0.01 metre mm=0.001 metre
Imperial Units and Symbols
=1 760 yards
= 22 yards yd = 1/22 chain
ft=1/3 yard
in = 1/36 yard
Chinese Units
Imperial Units
=0.621 371 mile = 3.280 84 feet
=0.393 701 inch =0.039 370 1 inch
Metric Units
= 1.609 344 kilometres
exactly =20.116 8 metres exactly =0.914 4 metre exactly
=30.48 centimetres exactly =25.4 millimetres exactly
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Metric Units
=0.371 475 metre
=0.1 chek =0.1 tsun
= 3.714 75 centimetres
=
3.714 75 millimetres
Chinese Units
=2 691.97 cheks = 2.691 97 cheks =2.691 97 fans =0.269 197 fan
Chinese Units
=4 332.31 cheks
=54.153 8 cheks =2.461 54 cheks -8.205 13 tsuns =6.837 61 fans
Imperial Units
1.218 75 feet
= 1.462 50 inches =0.146 250 inch
Measurement of Area (see note 3)
2.
(a)
(b)
1 hectare
1 are
1 square metre
Metric Units and Symbols
1 square decimetre
1 square centimetre
1 square millimetre
1 square mile
1 acre
1 square yard
1 square foot
1 square inch
ha = 100 ares
m
a=100 square metres
2
dm2=0.01 square metre
cm 12=0.01 square decimetre mm2=0.01 square
centimetre
Imperial Units and Symbols
yd2
: 640 acres
=4 840 square yards
ft=1/9 square yard
in2 = 1/144 square foot
Imperial Units
=2.471 05 acres
— 119.599 square yards
= 10.763 9 square feet
= 15.500 0 square inches =0.155 000 square inch =0.001 550 00 square inch
Metric Units
258.999 hectares 40.468 6 ares
=0.836 127 square metre
=0.092 903 0 square metre
=6.451 6 square
centimetres exactly
3.
Measurement of Volume (see note 4)
(a)
(b)
1 cubic metre
Metric Units and Symbols
1 cubic decimetre
1 cubic centimetre 1 litre
1 cubic yard
1 cubic foot
1 cubic inch
m3
dm3=0.001 cubic metre cm3 0.001 cubic decimetre
L= 1 cubic decimetre
Imperial Units and Symbols
yd3
ft3=1/27 cubic yard
in3 = 1/172 8 cubic foot
Imperial Units
= 1.307 95 cubic yards =0.035 314 7 cubic foot =0.061 023 7 cubic inch
=61.023 7 cubic inches
Metric Units
=0.764 555 cubic metre =28.316 8 cubic decimetres
or litres
= 16.387 1 cubic
centimetres
Measurement of Capacity
4.
(a)
1 cubic metre
1 hectolitre
1 litre
I millilitre
Metric Units and Symbols
m3 = 1000 litres
hL= 100 litres
L
mL=0.001 litre
Imperial Units =219.969 gallons =21.996 9 gallons =35.195 1 fluid ounces
= 1.759 75 pints
=0.035 195 1 fluid ounce
US Units =264.172 gallons -26.417 2 gallons = 33.814 0 fluid ounces =2.113 38 liquid pints = 1.816 17 dry pints =0.033 8140 fluid ounce
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