ENG-1990 — Page 455

2.

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

foot 1 inch

1 chek

1 tsun 1 fan

Metric Units and Symbols

km = 1000 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

Measurement of Area (see note 3)

(a)

(b)

hectare

are

=0.1 chek =0.1 tsun

Metric Units and Symbols

square metre I square decimetre

square centimetre square millimetre

1 square mile

1 acre

1 square yard

1 square foot

1 square inch

ha=100 ares

a= 100 square metres m2

dm2=0.01 square metre cm2=0.01 square decimetre mm2=0.01 square

centimetre

Imperial Units and Symbols

640 acres

4 840 square yards

yd2

ft21/9 square yard in2 = 1/144 square foot

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

Metric Units

-0.371 475 metre -3.714 75 centimetres = 3.714 75 millimetres

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

Chinese Units

=2691.97 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

3. Measurement of Volume (see note 4)

(a)

1 cubic metre

(b)

Metric Units and Symbols

1 cubic decimetre

1 cubic centimetre

1 litre

1 cubic yard

I cubic foot

1 cubic inch

dm3=0.001 cubic metre cm3=0.001 cubic decimetre

L= 1 cubic decimetre

Imperial Units and Symbols

yd3

ft31/27 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

4. Measurement of Capacity

(a)

1 cubic metre

1 hectolitre

1 litre

1 millilitre

Metric Units and Symbols

m3

= 1 000 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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