WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

1 pound = 16 ounces = 453.6 grams

1 ounce = 16 drams = 28.35 grams

1 kilogram = 1000 grams = 2.2 pounds

1 gram = 15.43 grains = .035 ounces

1 gallon = 4 quarts = 3.785 liters

1 quart = 2 pints =.9464 liters

1 pint = 16 fluid ounces = .4731 liters

1 fluid ounce = 8 drams = 29.57 c.c.

1 liter = 1000 cubic centimeters = 1.0567 quarts

1 mile = 5280 feet = 1.6 kilometer

1 foot = 12 inches = .3048 meter

1 kilometer = 1000 meters = .6214 mile

1 meter = 100 centimeters = 39.37 inches

1 acre = 43,560 sq. ft. = .4047 hectare

1 sq. ft. = 144 sq. inches = 9.29 sq. decimeters

1 hectare = 10,000 sq. meters = 2.471 acres

1 square meter = 100 sq. decimeters = 10.764 sq. ft.

1 bushel = 4 pecks = .3552 hectoliter

1 hectoliter = 2.8377 bushels

1 U. S. gallon = 128 ounces = 231 cb. inches

1 Imperial gallon (English and Canadian) = 160 ounces = 277 cb. in.

6 U. S. gallons = 5 Imperial gallons

1 gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds

1 gallon of milk weighs 8.6 pounds

A 40 quart can of milk = 86 pounds

4 saltspoonfuls = 1 teaspoonful

3 flat teaspoonfuls = 1 heaping teaspoonful

1 heaping tablespoonful of granulated sugar = nearly 1 ounce

1 rounded tablespoonful of butter = 1 ounce

2 ordinary cups of granulated sugar = 1 pound

3 ordinary cups of wheat flour = 1 pound

1 pound of granulated sugar = 1 pint

4 flat teaspoonfuls of liquid = 1 flat tablespoonful = ½ fluid ounce

4 large tablespoonfuls = 1 ordinary wine glass = 2 fluid ounces

1 pint = 2 cups or glasses

1 cup or glass = 8 fluid ounces.