1 yard.....................

1/1 1/2 meter.

11 meters.............................

12 yards.

To convert meters into yards..................

Add 1/11 th.

1 meter =1.1 yd.; 3.3ft..................................

3 ft. 3⅜ inches (1/512th less).

40 inches (1.6 per cent less).

1 meter, by the Standards Commission........................

= 39.38203 inches.

1 meter, by the Act of 1878....................

= 39.37079 inches.

1 foot..................

3 decimeters (more exactly 3.048).

1 inch......................

25 millimeters (more exactly 25.4).

1 mile.......................

1.6 or 1 /35 kilometers (more exactly 1.60931)

1 kilometer............................

5/8 of a mile.

1 chain (22 yards).........................

20 meters (more exactly 20.1165).

5 furlongs (1,100 yards)......................

1 kilometer (more exactly 1.0058).

1 square yard.........................

6/7 square meter (more exactly .8361).

1 square meter............................

10¾ square feet.

1 1/5 square yards.

1 square inch...................

6½ square centimeters (more exactly 6.45).

1 square mile (640 acres)....................

260 hectares (0.4 per cent less).

1 acre (4840 square yards).....................

4000 square meters (1.2 per cent more).

1 cubic yard.......................

¾ cubic meter (2 per cent more).

1 cubic meter........................

11/3 cubic yards (1 2/3 per cent less).

1 cubic meter.............................

35⅓ cubic feet (.05 per cent less).

1 cubic meter of water..........................

1 long ton nearly.

1 kilogram...............................

2.2 pounds fully.

1,000 kilograms.........................

1 long ton nearly.

1 metric ton.............................

1 long hundredweight...............................

51 kilograms nearly.

1 United States hundredweight............................

45½ kilograms nearly .