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Twenty-four hour clock

07.00 (,oh) ,seven 'hundred hours = 7.00 am

12.00 , twelve 'hundred hours = midday/noon

13.45 Jhirteen forty-five = 1.45 pm

19.00 ,nineteen 'hundred hours = 7.00 p.m.

24.00 ,twenty-,four 'hundred hours = midnight

Dates

55 BC fifty-five BC/,bi: 'si:/ ad 55 AD / ,ei 'di:/fifty-five

GB

3(rd) January 1985, often abbreviated to 3 Jan. 85 or to 3/1/85

US

January 3(rd) 1985, or Jan. 3. 1985 or 1/3/85

10 millimetres (mm) 100 centimetres 1000 metres

Metric

= I centimetre (cm)

= 1 metre (m)

= 1 kilometre (km)

The Metric system length

GB & US

= 0.3937 inches (in)

= 39.37 inches or 1.094 yards (yd)

= 062137 miles or about ⁵/₈ mile

100 square metres (sq m) 100 ares 100 hectares

surface

1 are (a)

1 hectare (ha)

1 square kilometre (km²)

= 0.0247 acres

= 2.471 acres

= 0.386 square miles

10 milligrams (mg) 100 centigrams 1000 grams 1000 kilograms

weight

1 centigram (eg) 1 gram (g) 1 kilogram (kg) 1 tonne

= 0.1543 grains = 15.4323 grains = 2.2046 pounds = 19.684 cwt

lOOOmililitres(ml) 10 litres

capacity

1 litre (1) '       =1.75 pints (= 2.101 US pints)

1 dekalitre (dl) = 2.1997 gallons (= 2.63 US

gallons)

Avoirdupois weight

437'/₂ grains 16 drams (dr) 16 ounces 14 pounds 2 stone 4 quarters 112 pounds 100 pounds 20 cwt 2000 pounds 2240 pounds

GB&US

1 grain (gr)

= 1 ounce (oz)

= 1 ounce

= 1 pound (Ib)

= 1 stone

= 1 quarter

= 1 hundredweight (cwt)

= 1 cwt

= 1 short cwt

= 1 ton

= 1 short ton

= 1 long ton

Metric

= 0.0648 grams (gm) = 28.35 grams = 28.35 grams = 0.454 kilograms (kg) = 6.356 kilograms = 12.7 kilograms = 50.8 kilograms = 50.8 kilograms = 45.4 kilograms = 1016.04 kilograms = 0.907 metric tons = 1.016 metric tons

12 inches 3 feet 5 V₂ yards 22 yards 220 yards 8 furlongs 1760 yards 3 miles

GB&US

1 inch (in)

= 1 foot (ft)

= 1 yard (yd)

= 1 rod, pole, ore perch

= 1 chain (ch)

= 1 furlong (fur)

= 1 mile

= 1 mile

= 1 league

Metric

= 25.3995 millimetres (mm)

= 30.479 centimetres (cm)

= 0.9144 metres (m)

= 5.0292 metres

= 20.1168 metres

= 201.168 metres

= 1.6093 kilometres (km)

= 1.6093 kilometres

= 4.8279 kilometres

Time

60 seconds       = 1 minute       4 weeks, or 28 days       = 1 lunar month

60minutes        = 1 hour 52 weeks, 1 day; or 13

24 hours   = 1 day     lunar months, 1 day       = lyear

7 days      = 1 week   356 days, 6 hours     = 1 (Julian) year