TEAS Nursing School Entrance Exam - Metric Conversions-College of Dupage

Fahrenheit:

1.8 (C) + 32

Celsius:

F - 32 / 1.8

Metric base units:

m (meter) g (gram) l (liter)

Increase from base units:

deca, hecto, kilo

Decrease from base units:

deci, centi, milli, micro, nano

Milli:

mm, mg, ml

Micro:

um, ug, ul

Nano

nm, ng, nl

Deca:

dam, dag, dal

Hecto meter, gram liter:

hm, hg, hl

Kilo meter, gram, liter:

Km, Kg, Kl

One mile:

1.61 kilometers

Kilo = :

1000x or 10^3

Hecto :

100x or 10^2

Deca :

10x or 10^1

deci:

.1x or 10^ -1

centi:

.01x or 10^ -2

milli:

.001x or 10 ^ -3

micro:

.000001x or 10^ -6

nano:

.000000001x or 10^ -9

One inch = :

2.54 centimeters

One yard:

.91 meters

One pound:

.45 kilograms

One mile:

1.61 kilometers

One foot:

.305 meters

One ounce:

28.35 grams

One gallon:

3.785 liters

One square inch :

645.2 square millimeters (mm2)

One square foot :

.093 square meters (m2)

One square mile :

2.59 square kilometers (km2)

One fluid ounce :

29.57 milliliters (mL)

One cubic foot:

.028 Cubic meters (m3)

One cubic yard :

.765 Cubic meters (m3)

Formula for Volume of cylinder:

V = h x pi x r^2

One square yard:

9 square feet

Volume of cube/prism:

V = L x W x h

Area of a square:

A= S^2 (S being 1 side of the square)

Area of a triangle:

A=1/2 b x h

Perimeter of a rectangle:

P = 2L x 2W

Circumference of a circle:

C = Pi x r x 2

Pi = :

3.14 or 22/7

Yards to:

meters

Miles to:

kilometers

Inches to:

centimeters

Gallons to:

liters

Fluid ounce to:

milliliters

Feet to:

meters

How many feet in a mile:

5280