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Common Conversions

LIQUIDS

1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons

1 fl. oz. = 6 teaspoons = 2 tablespoons = 29.573 milliliters (mL)

1 pint = 16 fl. oz. = 2 cups = 473.17 mL = 0.473 liters (L)

1 quart = 2 pints = 32 fl. oz. = 946.34 mL

1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 128 fl. oz. = 3.785 L

6 fl. oz. = 3/4 cup

8 fl. oz. = 1 cup

 

HELPFUL TIPS:

1-1/2 tablespoons in 3 gallons of water = 1-1/2 teaspoons in 1 gallon of water

2 tablespoons in 3 gallons of water = 2 teaspoons in 1 gallon of water

 

AREA

1 square foot = 929.030 square centimeters (sq. cm.)

1 acre = 43,560 sq. ft. = 4,046.856 square meters

 

WEIGHT

1 oz. = 28.35 grams

 

DETERMINING SQUARE FEET

RECTANGLE: Length x width

TRIANGLE: The height (or length) x half of the base (or width)

CIRCLE: The diameter squared x 0.7854 (Diameter is the length of a straight line through the center of the circle.)

 

DETERMINING CUBIC FEET

Length of room x width of room x height of room

 

TEMPERATURE

Celsius: Multiple by 1.8 (=9/5), +32 = Fahrenheit

Fahrenheit: -32, multiple remainder by .5556 (=5/9)  = Celsius

0 C Freezing point of water = 32 F

10 C Warm winter day = 50 F

20 C Mild spring day = 68 F

30 C Hot summer day = 86 F

37 C Normal body temperature = 98.6 F

40 C Heat wave conditions = 104 F

100 C Boiling point of water = 212 F

 
 
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