Unit of Measurements

Unit of Measurements

Measures of Capacity

10 milliliters (ml)	= 1 centiliter (cl)
10 centiliters (cl)	= 1 deciliter (dl)
10 deciliters (dl)	= 1 liter (l)
10 liters	= 1 decalitre (dal)
10 decalitres (dal)	= 1 hectoliter (hl)
10 hectoliters (hl)	= 1 kiloliter (kl)

Measures of Length

10 milliliters (mm)	= 1 centimeter (cm)
10 centimeters (cm)	= 1 decimeter (dm)
10 decimeters	= 1 meter (m)
10 meters (m)	= 1 decameter (dm)
10 decameters (dm)	= 1 hectometer (hm)
10 hectometers (hm)	= 1 kilometer (km)

Measures of weight

10 milligrams (mg)	= 1 centigram (cg)
10 centigrams (cg)	= 1 decigram (dg)
10 decigrams (dg)	= 1 gram (g)
10 grams (g)	= 1 decagrams (dag)
10 decagrams (dag)	= 1 hectograms (hg)
10 hectograms (hg)	= 1 kilogram (kg)
100 kilograms (kg)	= 1 quintals
10 quintals or 1000 (kg)	= 1 metric ton (mt)

Measures of Time

60 seconds	= 1 minute
60 minutes	= 1 hour
24 hours	= 1 day
7 Days	= 1 week
28, 29, 30 or 31 Days	= 1 month
12 months	= 1 year
365 Days	= 1 year
366 Days	= 1 Leap year
10 years	= 1 decade
100 years	= 1 century
1000 years	= 1 millennium

Measures of paper (Writing paper measurements)

25 sheets = 1 quire

500 sheets = 20 quires = 1 ream

1,000 sheets = 40 quires = 2 reams = 1 bundle

5,000 sheets = 200 quires = 10 reams = 5 bundles = 1 bale

Short paper measurements

24 sheets = 1 ‘short’ quire

480 sheets = 20 ‘short’ quires = 1 ‘short’ ream

960 sheets = 40 ‘short’ quires = 2 ‘short’ reams = 1 ‘short’ bundle

4,800 sheets = 200 ‘short’ quires = 10 ‘short’ reams = 5 ‘short’ bundles = 1 ‘short’ bale

Measures of Size

12 inches (in)	= 1 foot (ft)
3 feet	= 1 yard (yd)
16-1/2 feet	= 1 rod (rd), pole, or perch
40 rods	= 1 furlong (fur) = 660 feet
8 furlongs	= 1 U.S. statute mile (mi) = 5280 feet
1852 meters	= 6076.115 49 feet (approximately)

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