MSD Manual

Please confirm that you are not located inside the Russian Federation

honeypot link
Equivalents for Weight, Volume and Length

Equivalents for Weight, Volume and Length

Nonmetric to Metric

Metric to Nonmetric

Weight

1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces (oz) = 0.454 kilogram (kg)

1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds

1 ounce = 28.35 grams (g)

1 gram = 0.035 ounce

Volume

1 gallon (gal) = 4 quarts (qt) = 3.785 liters (L)

1 liter = 1.057 quarts

1 quart = 2 pints (pt) = 0.946 liter

1 pint = 16 fluid ounces (fl oz) = 0.473 liter

1 cup = 8 fluid ounces = 16 tablespoons (tbsp)

1 fluid ounce = 29.573 milliliters (mL)

1 tablespoon =1/2 fluid ounce = 3 teaspoons (tsp)

Length

1 mile (mi) = 1,760 yards (yd) = 1.609 kilometers (km)

1 kilometer = 0.62 mile

1 yard = 3 feet (ft) = 0.914 meter (m)

1 meter = 39.37 inches (in)

1 foot = 12 inches = 30.48 centimeters (cm)

1 centimeter = 0.39 inch

1 inch = 2.54 centimeters

1 millimeter (mm) = 0.039 inch