Metric Conversions

Here is some information regarding metric conversions.

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Metric Measures
English/Metric Numerical Prefixes


Scientific Notation	Full Format	ENGLISH	METRIC
1.00E+24	1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000	septillion	yotta
1.00E+21	1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000	sextillion	zetta
1.00E+18	1,000,000,000,000,000,000	quintillion	exa
1.00E+15	1,000,000,000,000,000	quadrillion	peta
1.00E+12	1,000,000,000,000	trillion	tera
1.00E+09	1,000,000,000	billion	giga
1.00E+06	1,000,000	million	mega
1.00E+03	1,000	thousand	kilo
1.00E+02	100	hundred	hecto
1.00E+01	10	ten	deca
1.00E-01	.1	tenth	deci
1.00E-02	.01	hundredth	centi
1.00E-03	.001	thousandth	milli
1.00E-06	.000001	millionth	micro
1.00E-09	.000000001	billionth	nano
1.00E-12	.000000000001	trillionth	pico
1.00E-15	.000000000000001	quadrillionth	femto
1.00E-18	.000000000000000001	quintillionth	atto
1.00E-21	.000000000000000000001	sextillionth	zepto
1.00E-24	.000000000000000000000001	septillionth	yocto

Length and Distance

YARDS TO METERS	multiply yards by 0.9144
METERS TO YARDS	multiply meters by 1.0936
FEET TO CENTIMETERS	multiply feet by 30.4800
CENTIMETERS TO FEET	multiply centimeters by 0.0328
FEET TO METERS	multiply feet by 0.3048
METERS TO FEET	multiply meters by 3.2808
INCHES TO CENTIMETERS	multiply inches by 2.5400
CENTIMETERS TO INCHES	multiply centimeters by 0.3937
KILOMETERS TO CENTIMETERS	multiply kilometer by 100000.0000
CENTIMETERS TO KILOMETERS	multiply centimeter by 0.00001
KILOMETERS TO FEET	multiply kilometers by 3280.8400
FEET TO KILOMETERS	multiply feet by 3.048 x 10^-4
METERS TO CENTIMETERS	multiply meter by 100.0000
CENTIMETERS TO METERS	multiply centimeters by 0.0100
CENTIMETERS TO MILLIMETERS	multiply centimeters by 10.0000
MILLIMETERS TO CENTIMETERS	multiply millimeters by 0.1000
MILLIMETERS TO MILS	multiply millimeters by 39.3700

Volume

CUBIC INCHES TO CUBIC CENTEMETERS	multiply cubic inches by 16.3870
CUBIC CENTIMETERS TO CUBIC INCHES	multiply cubic centimeters by 0.0610
CUBIC FEET TO CUBIC METERS	multiply cubic feet by 0.0283
CUBIC METERS TO CUBIC FEET	multiply cubic meters by 35.3146