Conversions between metric, British and American weights and measures

These conversions have been rounded to produce values that are easy to work with and to remember. However, they are all within 2 percent of the exact values.

LENGTH
Metric	British and American
1 centimeter	= 4/10 inch
1 decimeter	= 4 inches
1 meter	= 40 inches
1 kilometer	= 5/8 mile
British and American	Metric
1 inch	= 2.5 centimeters
1 foot	= 3 decimeters
1 yard	= 9/10 meter
1 mile	= 1.6 kilometer

AREA
Metric	British and American
1 square decimeter	= 15.5 square inches
1 square meter	= 10.8 square feet
1 square meter	= 1.2 square yards
1 hectare	= 2.5 acres
British and American	Metric
1 square inch	= 6.5 square centimeters
1 square foot	= 9.3 square decimeters
1 square yard	= 5/6 square meter
1 acre	= 4/10 hectare

VOLUME
Metric	British	American
100 milliliters	= 3.4 ounces	= 3.5 ounces
500 milliliters	= 17.0 ounces	= 17.5 ounces
1 liter	= 0.88 quart	= 1.06 quart
5 liters	= 1.1 gallons	= 1.3 gallons

British	Metric	American	Metric
1 cubic inch	= 16.4 milliliters	1 cubic inch	= 16.4 ml
1 ounce	= 28.0 milliliters	1 ounce	= 30.0 ml
5 ounces (½ pint)	= 140.0 milliliters	4 ounces (½ cup	= 120.0 ml
10 ounces (½ pint)	= 280.0 milliliters	8 ounces (1 cup)	= 240.0 ml
1 pint (20 ounces)	= 560.0 milliliters	1 pint (16 ounces)	= 480.0 ml
1 quart (40 ounces)	= 1.1 liters	1 quart (32 ounces	= 960.0 ml
1 gallon (4 quarts)	= 4.5 liters	1 gallon (4 quarts)	= 3.8 1

Miscellaneous	Metric
1 bottletop (Coca-Cola, etc.)	= 3.5 milliliters
1 usual teaspoon	= 4 to 5 milliliters
1 measuring teaspoon	= 5 milliliters
1 tablespoon, eating	= 8 to 10 milliliters
1 tablespoon, serving	= 14 to 16 milliliters
1 measuring tablespoon	= 15 milliliters

Note: 40 British ounces - 1 British (Imperial) quart, and 32 American ounces = 1 American quart. The ounces are almost the same size but this relationship creates a difference of about 20 percent in the size of pints, quarts and gallons between British and American measurement of volume.

WEIGHT
Metric	British and American
10 grams	=7/20 ounce
100 grams	= 3.5 ounces
1 kilogram	= 2.2 pounds
British and American	Metric
1 ounce	= 28 grams
1 pound	= 450 grams
10 pounds	= 4.5 kilograms

Note: The British and American units of weight shown above are the ones in common use, the "Avoirdupois" system, which has 16 ounces in a pound. Another system exists in both Britain and America, the "apothecary" or "troy" system. Its pound, which equals about 370 grams, contains 12 ounces. This system is only used in certain specialties.

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Peace Corps overseas offices:

BELIZE
P. O. Box 487
Belize City

BENIN
B. P. 971
Cotonou

BOTSWANA
P. O. Box 93
Gaborone

BURKINA FASO
B P 537 - Samandin
Ouagadougou

BURUNDI
c/o American
Embassy
Bujumbura

CAMEROON
B P 817
Yaounde

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
B P 1080
Bangui

COSTA RICA
Apartado Postal
1266
San Jose

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Apartado Postal
1412
San Domingo

EASTERN CARIBBEAN
Including: Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Dominica "Erin Court" Bishops Court Hill
P. O. Box 696-C
Bridgetown, Barbados

ECUADOR
Casilla 635-A
Quito

FIJI
P. O. BOX 1094
Suva

GABON
BP 2098
Libreville

GAMBIA, The
P. O. Box 5796
Accra (North)

GUATEMALA
6a Avenida 1-46
Zona 2
Guatemala

HAITI
c/o American
Embassy
Port-au-Prince

HONDURAS
Apartado Postal
C-51
Tegucigalpa

JAMAICA
Musgrove Avenue
Kingston 10

KENYA
P. O. Box 30518
Nairobi

LESOTHO
P. O. Box 554
Maseru

LIBERIA
Box 707
Monrovia

MALAWI
Box 208
Lilongwe

MALI
B P 85
Box 564

MAURITANIA
B P 222
Nouakchott

MICRONESIA
P. O. Box 9
Kolonia, Ponape
F. S. M. 96941

MOROCCO
I, Zanquat
Benzerte
Rabat

NEPAL
P. O. Box 613
Kathmandu

NIGER
B P 10537
Niamey

PAPUA NEW GUINEA
P. O. Box 1790
Boroko
Port Moresby

PARAGUAY
c/o American
Embassy
Asuncion

PHILIPPINES
P. O. Box 7013
Manila

RWANDA
c/o American
Embassy
Kigali

SENEGAL
B P 254
Dakar

SEYCHELLES
B P 697
Victoria

SIERRA LEONE
Private Mail Bag
Freetown

SOLOMON ISLAND
P. O. Box 547
Honiara

SRI LANKA
50/5 Siripa Road
Colombo, 5
Sri Lanka

SUDAN
Djodi Deutsch
Administrator/PCV's
C/o American Embassy
Khartoum

SWAZILAND
P. O. Box 362
Mbabane

TANZANIA
Box 9123
Dar es Salaam

THAILAND
42 Soi
Somprasong 2
Petchburi Road
Bangkok 4

TOGO
B P 3194
Lome

TONGA
B P 147
Nuku' Alofa

TUNISIA
B P 96
1002 Tunis-Belvedere
Tunis

WESTERN SAMOA
Private Mail Bag
Apia

YEMEN
P. O. Box 1151
Sana'a

ZAIRE
B P 697
Kinshasa