Linear:
Inch 2.54 cm
Foot 12 In 30.48 cm
Yard 3 Ft 0.91 m
Rod 16.5 ft. 5.03 m
Furlong 40 Rods 201.17 m
Mile 5280 Ft. 8 Furlongs 1609.30 m
League 3 Miles
Chain (Engineers) 100: 1 ft links 30.48 m
Chain (surveyors) 100: 7.92" links 20.12 m
1/10 furlong
1/80 mile
Area
Acre 640 acres/sq.Mi.
Section 1 sq.mile, or 640 acres.
Township 36 square miles
Metric
mm Millimetre 25.4 mm/in
cm Centimetre 10 mm 2.54 cm/in
dm Decimetre 100 mm 3.05 dm/ft
m Metre 1000 mm 39.37 in/m
Dm Decameter 10 m
Are 100 sq.m 119.6 sq.yards 10m/side
Hectare 100 ares 2.47 acres 100m/side
Hectometer 1 sq.km. 0.386 sq.miles 1000m/side
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