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Imperial/American to Metric (Fahrenheit to Celsius/centigrade) conversions for length and area, air, body and oven temperatures, and US to UK to Euro clothing conversion tables.
Length, Area, Weight, Volume Conversion
Imperial/US to Metric: Length
1 inch   2.54 centimetres (cm)
1 foot (ft) 12 inches (in) 0.3048 metre (m)
1 yard (yd) 3 ft 0.9144 m
1 mile 1,760 yd 1.60934 kilometres (km)
1 int nautical mile 2025.4 yd 1852 m
Metric to Imperial/US: Length
1 centimetre (cm) 10 millimetres (mm) 0.3937 in
1 m 100 cm  1.0936 yd / 3.38 ft / 39.37 in
1 kilometre (km) 1000 m 0.62137 mile / 5/8ths of a mile
Imperial/US to Metric: Area
1 in2 645.16 mm2
1 yd2 9 ft2 0.8361 m2 
1 acre 4,840 yd2 4046.86 m2 / 0.405 hectare
1 mile2 640 acres 2.590  km2 
Metric to Imperial/US: Area
1 cm2 100 mm2 0.1550  in2
1 metre2 square 10,000 cm2 1.1960 yd2
1 hectare (ha) 10,000 m2 2.471 acres
1 km2 100 ha 0.3861 mile2
Imperial/US to Metric: Weight Metric to Imperial: Weight
1 ounce 28.35 gram 1 gram 0.035 ounce
1 pound  453.59 gram 1 kilogram 2.2 pounds
Imperial/US to Metric: Volume Metric to Imperial: Volume
1 US pint 0.473 litres 1 litre 33.2 US / 35.2 Imperial fl ounces
1 Imperial pint 0.568 litres 1 litre 2.11 US / 1.76 Imperial pints
1 cup 0.237 litres 1 litre 4.228 cups
Temperature & Energy Conversion
Temperature
Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius (degrees F - 32) x 0.555 degrees C
Convert Celsius to Fahrenheit (degrees C x 1.8) + 32 degrees F
Water Boils at 212° F 100° C
Normal body temperature 98.6° F 37° C
Water Freezes at 32° F 0° C
Room temperature 68° F 20° C
Air Temperatures: degrees Celsius (C) to degrees Fahrenheit (F)
0° C = 32° F 5° C = 41° F 10° C = 50° F 15° C = 59° F
20° C = 68° F 25° C = 77° F 30° C = 86° F 35° C = 95° F
Oven Temperatures
Gas Mark Celsius (C)  Fahrenheit (F)  Description
1/2 130 ° C  250 ° F  Very Slow 
1 140 ° C  275 ° F  Very Slow
2 150 ° C 300 ° F Slow
3 170 ° C 325 ° F  Slow
4 177 ° C 350 ° F Moderate
5 190 ° C 375 ° F Moderate
6 200 ° C 400 ° F  Moderately Hot 
7 220 ° C  425 ° F  Hot 
8 230 ° C 450 ° F Hot 
9 245 ° C 475 ° F  Hot 
10 260 ° C 500 ° F  Extremely Hot 
Simple conversion formula: to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit minus 2, times 2, plus 32.
  • Example 16C: 16-2=14 x2=28 +32=60F
  • Online temperature conversion from CalculateMe: Click here
Energy Units 
KWh (Kilowatt-hours) BTU ( British Thermal Unit)
1,000 kWh 3.41 million BTU
0.000293071 kWh 1 BTU
Several online converters help with complex energy conversions:
  • CalculateMe for energy conversions: Click here  
  • For KWh/BTU conversions see unit conversion: Click here
Clothing & Shoe' Conversion
Women's suits and dresses
USA/American UK/Australia/N. Zealand EU (European)
6 8 36 / Small
8 10 38 / Small
10 12 40 / Med
12 14 42 / Med
14 16 44 / Large
16 18 46 / X-L
  • Website 85B provides an easy-to-use International Dress Size Calculator that accommodates US, UK, Euro, Italian, Japanese, Australian, New Zealand and other: Click here
Women's Shoes
6 (USA/American) 4.5 (UK/British) 37 EU (European)
6.5 5 38
7.5 6 39
8 6.5 40
8.5 7 41
  • For an online women's shoe size converter: Click here
Bras
  • Website 85B provides an easy-to-use International Bra Size Calculator that accommodates US, UK, Euro, Italian, Japanese, Australian, New Zealand and other: Click here
  • Website Breast Talk has clear, international bra size conversions: Click here
Men's Suits & Overcoats
36 (USA/American) 36 (UK/British) 46 EU (European)
38 38 48
40 40 50
42 42 52
44 44 54
Men's Trousers
28 (USA/American) 28 (UK/British) 71 EU (European)
30 30 76
32 32 81
34 34 87
36 36 92
38 38 97
40 40 102
42 42 107
44 44 112
Men's Shoes
8 (USA/American) 7.5 (UK/British) 41 EU (European)
8.5 8 42
9.5 9 43
10 9.5 44
Children & Youth Clothes
USA/American UK/British (height in inches) EU (European) (height in cm)
4 43 109
6 48 122
8 55 140
10 58 147
12 60 147
14 62 157
  • For conversions of infant and child clothes and shoes from US to European standard sizes see website Kidstock: Click here
Youth sizing (ages 12-16) is based on the height and chest and hip size of the boy or girl.
  • For measuring guidelines from (in inches): Click here
  • For a conversion guide for young boys from Zemskys (in inches): Click here
  • For a conversion guide for young boys from Zemskys (in inches): Click here
Children & Youth Shoes: Euro children's shoe sizes are measured in centimetres; 1cm=1 size.  
  • For a printable measuring chart and converter for children's shoe size (from Bata Shoes): Click here (PDF)
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