TABLE XIII –
COMMON CONVERSION MULTIPLIERS
COMMON CONVERSION MULTIPLIERS
ENGLISH to METRIC
TO CONVERT
FROM TO
MULTIPLY
BY
inch – in. millimeter (mm) 25.40
inch – in. centimeter (cm) 2.54
foot – ft. meter (m) 0.3048
yard – yd. meter (m) 0.914
mile – mi. kilometer (km) 1.61
sq. in. – in.
2
sq. centimeters (cm
2
) 6.45
sq. ft. – ft.
2
sq. centimeters (cm
2
) 929
cu. in. – in.
3
cu. centimeters (cm
3
) 16.39
cu. in. – in.
3
liters (l) 0.016
cu. ft. – ft.
3
cu. meters (m
3
) 0.028
cu. ft. – ft.
3
liters (l) 28.3
ounce – oz. kilogram (kg) 0.028
fluid ounce – fl. oz. milliliter (ml) 29.573
pound (mass) kilogram (kg) 0.454
pound (force) – lbs. Newton (N) 4.448
in. lbs. (force) Newton.meters (N.m) 0.113
ft. lbs. (force) Newton.meters (N.m) 1.356
ft. lbs. (force) kilogram.meters (kg.m) 0.138
kilogram.meters (kg.m) Newton.meters (N.m) 9.807
psi (pressure) kilopascals (kPa) 6.895
psi (pressure) megapascals (MPa) 0.007
psi (pressure) kilograms/cm
2
(kg/cm
2
) 0.0704
ton (short) kilogram (kg) 907.2
ton (short) metric ton 0.907
quart – qt. liters (l) 0.946
gallon – gal. liters (l) 3.785
HP (horsepower) Watts 745.7
HP (horsepower) kilowatts (kW) 0.745
COMMON CONVERSION MULTIPLIERS
METRIC to ENGLISH
TO CONVERT
FROM TO
MULTIPLY
BY
millimeter (mm) inch – in. 0.0394
centimeter (cm) inch – in. 0.3937
meter (m) foot – ft. 3.2808
meter (m) yard – yd. 1.0936
kilometer (km) mile – mi. 0.6210
sq. centimeters (cm
2
) sq. in. – in.
2
0.1550
sq. centimeters (cm
2
) sq. ft. – ft.
2
0.001
cu. centimeters (cm
3
) cu. in. – in.3 0.061
liters (l) cu. in. – in.
3
61.02
cu. meters (m
3
) cu. ft. – ft.
3
35.314
liters (l) cu. ft. – ft.
3
0.0353
grams (g) ounce – oz. 0.0353
milliliter (ml) fluid ounce – fl. oz. 0.0338
kilogram (kg) pound (mass) 2.2046
Newton (N) pound (force) – lbs. 0.2248
Newton.meters (N.m) kilogram.meters (kg.m) 0.102
Newton.meters (N.m) ft. lbs. (force) 0.7376
kilogram.meters (kg.m) ft. lbs. (force) 7.2329
kilogram.meters (kg.m) Newton.meters (N.m) 9.807
kilopascals (kPa) psi (pressure) 0.1450
megapascals (MPa) psi (pressure) 145.038
kilograms/cm
2
(kg/cm
2
) psi (pressure) 14.2231
kilograms/cm
2
(kg/cm
2
) kilopascals (kPa) 98.068
kilogram (kg) ton (short) 0.0011
metric ton ton (short) 1.1023
liters (l) quart – qt. 1.0567
liters (l) gallon – gal. 0.2642
Watts HP (horsepower) 0.00134
kilowatts (kW) HP (horsepower) 1.3410
A5-6 Standard Torque Charts and Tables A05001 03/01