A392
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
(b) Imperial Units
1 gallon
=
4.546 09 cubic decimetres
Ord. No. 54/87
(b) Imperial Units
1 square mile
1 acre
1 rood
1 square yard
1 square foot
1 square inch
=
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
640 acres
4 840 square yards
1 210 square yards
= an area equal to that of a square each side of which
measures one yard
1
P
9
square yard
1
=
144
square foot
1 quart
1 pint
(a) Metric Units
1 cubic metre
1 cubic decimetre
1 cubic centimetre
I litre
1 decilitre
1 centilitre
1 millilitre
PART III
Measurement of Volume
= a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which
measures one metre
= 0.001 cubic metre
0.001 cubic decimetre
a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre
0.1 litre
0.01 litre
0.001 litre
gallon
1
11
quart
1 gill
pint
1 fluid ounce
1
pint
20
PART V
Ord. No. 54/87
A393
(a) Metric Units
1 tonne
1 kilogram
Measurement of Mass or Weight
=
· 1 000 kilograms
= a unit of mass equal to the international prototype of
=
the kilogram kept by the International Bureau of
Weights and Measures
0.001 kilogram
1 gram
1 metric carat
-
gram
1 milligram
www.m
0.001 gram
(b) Imperial Units
1 ton
I hundredweight
1 quarter
=
2 240 pounds
=
112 pounds
28 pounds
(b) Imperial Units
= a volume equal to that of a cube cach edge of which
measures one yard
1 cubic yard
1
1 cubic foot
cubic yard
27
1 cubic inch
=
cubic foot
1 728
1 stone
1 pound
14 pounds
(a) Metric Units
1 hectolitre
PART IV
Measurement of Capacity
=
100 litres
1 litre
1 decilitre
1 centilitre
= a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre
0.1 litre
= 0.01 litre
1 millilitre
=
0.001 litre
0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly
1 ounce
pound
16
1
1 dram
pound
256
1
1 grain
=
pound
7000
12
1 ounce troy
pound
175
(c) Chinese Units
1 picul (tam)
1 catty (kan)
=
100 catties
0.604 789 82 kilogram
1 tael (leung)
catty
16
1
1 mace (tsin)
catty
160
1
1 candareen (fan)
catty
1 600
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