Machinery's Handbook Pocket Companion

Conversion Factors

METRIC CONVERSION

In the table of conversion factors that follows, the symbols for SI units, multiples and submultiples are given in parentheses in the right hand column.

Table 1: Metric Conversion Factors

Multiply

By

To Obtain

Length

centimeter

0.03280840

foot

centimeter

0.3937008

inch

fathom

1.8288 [a]

meter (m)

foot

0.3048 [a]

meter (m)

foot

30.48 [a]

centimeter (cm)

foot

304.8 [a]

millimeter (mm)

inch

0.0254 [a]

meter (m)

inch

2.54 [a]

centimeter (cm)

inch

25.4 [a]

millimeter (mm)

kilometer

0.6213712

mile [U.S. statute]

meter

39.37008

inch

meter

0.5468066

fathom

meter

3.280840

foot

meter

0.1988388

rod

meter

1.093613

yard

meter

0.0006213712

mile [U.S. statute]

micro inch

0.0254 [a]

micrometer [micron] ( ?m)

micrometer [micron]

39.37008

micro inch

mile [U.S. statute]

1609.344 [a]

meter (m)

mile [U.S. statute]

1.609344 [a]

kilometer (km)

millimeter

0.003280840

foot

millimeter

0.03937008

inch

rod

5.0292 [a]

meter (m)

yard

0.9144 [a]

meter (m)

Area

acre

4046.856

meter 2 (m 2)

acre

0.4046856

hectare

centimeter 2

0.1550003

inch 2

centimeter 2

0.001076391

foot 2

foot 2

0.09290304 [a]

meter 2 (m 2)

foot 2

929.0304 [a]

centimeter 2 (cm 2)

foot 2

92,903.04 [a]

millimeter 2 (mm 2)

hectare

2.471054

acre

inch 2

645.16 [a]

millimeter 2 (mm 2)

inch 2

6.4516 [a]

centimeter 2 (cm 2)

inch 2

0.00064516 [a]

meter 2 (m 2)

meter 2

1550.003

inch 2

meter 2

10.763910

foot 2

meter 2

1.195990

yard 2

meter 2

0.0002471054

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