Unit 1C - [ RATES, RATIOS, PERCENTAGES ] - { MASTERDOC. }

BASIC UNIT CONVERSIONS:

American:

    [ DISTANCE ]

• 12 inches = 1 foot

• 3 feet = 1 yard

• 5280 ft / 1760 yd = 1 mile

    [ LIQUID VOLUME ]

• 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon

• 2 tablespoons = 1 fluid ounce

• 8 drams = 1 fluid ounce

• 8 fluid ounces = 1 cup

• 2 cups = 1 pint

• 1 pints = 1 quart

• 4 quarts = 1 gallon

    [ MASS / WEIGHT ]

• 16 drams = 1 ounce

• 16 ounces = 1 pound

• 100 pounds = 1 hundredweight

• 20 hundredweight / 2000 pounds = 1 ton

Canadian:

    [ DISTANCE ]

• 10 mm = 1 cm

• 100 cm = 1 metre

• 1000 metres = 1 km

    [ LIQUID VOLUME ]

• 1000 mililitre = 1 litre

    [ MASS / WEIGHT ]

• 1000 milligrams = 1 gram

• 1000 grams = 1 kilogram

• 1000 kilograms = 1 tonne (or megagram)