Comparing increments of like units of measure

Universal Book of Knowledge (ubok)
Equivalents Tables

Find how many quarts are in a gallon, or feet are in a mile etc. on this page.
Visit our conversion tables to look up conversions like liters to quarts or grams to pounds and other metric to imperial units.

Time measures
1,000,000 microseconds = 1 second
1,000 milliseconds = 1 second
1 second = Base unit of time per: International System of Units (SI)
60 seconds = 1 minute
60 minutes = 1 hour
24 hours = 1 day
7 days = 1 week
14 days = 1 fortnight
30 days = 1 calendar month
3 months = 1 quarter
12 months = 1 year
365 days = 1 common year
366 days = 1 leap year
2 years = 1 biennium
10 years = 1 decade
20 years = 1 score
100 years = 1 century
1000 years = 1 millennium


Dry measures
2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.)
8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.)
4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.)
1 cord = 128 cu. ft.


Liquid measures
4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.)
2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.)
31.5 gallons = 1 barrel (bbl.)
2 barrels = 1 hogshead (hhd.)


Linear measures
12 inches = 1 foot
3 feet = 1 yard
16.5 feet (5.5 yds.) = 1 rod
660 feet = 1 furlong
320 rods (5280 ft.) = 1 mile


Nautical
1 fathom = 6 feet
1 knot = 6080 feet
1 knot = 1.15 mph
3 knots = 1 league
1 league = 18,228.35 feet


Temperature
0 Celsius = 32 Fahrenheit
100 Celsius = 212 Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit = C x 1.8 + 32
Celcius = F - 32 / 1.8

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