U.S.

Customary System
Parameter
Length foot yard mile Mass dram ounce pound ton Volume (Liquid) pint quart gallon Volume (Dry) quart peck bushel

Unit
inch 12 inches 36 inches 5,280 feet grain 1/16 ounce 16 drams 16 ounces 2,000 pounds ounce 16 ounces 2 pints 4 quarts pint 2 pints 8 quarts 4 pecks

Relation to Other U.S. Units

1/12 foot 0.305 meter 9.144 meters 1.609 kilometers 1/1000 pound 1.772 grams 28.350 grams 453.6 grams 907.18 kilograms 1/16 pint 0.473 liter 0.946 liter 3.785 liters 1/2 quart 1.101 liters 8.810 liters 35.239 liters

SI (Metric) Equivalent
2.54 centimeters

64.799 milligrams

29.574 milliliters

0.551 liter

International System (SI)

BASE UNITS Unit
meter kilogram second liter mole

Quantity
length mass time volume amount of matter

Symbol
M Kg S L Mol

PREFIXES Prex
teragigamegakilohectodecadecicentimillimicronanopico1012 10
9

Multiplier
1,000,000,000,000 1,000,000,000 1,000,000 1,000 100 10
1 2 3 6 9 12

Symbol
T G M k h da d c m n p

106 103 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
2

101

0.1 0.01 0.001 0.000,001 0.000,000,001 0.000,000,000,001