ENG-1991 — Page 448

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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