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    Warwick RI 02886 USA
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Resources

Decimal and Metric Equivalents of Fractional Inches

Inch Equivalents of Common Millimeter Sizes

Fineness of Gold Karats

Measures

Weights





Decimal and Metric Equivalents of Fractional Inches

Eighths and Quarters of an Inch

1/8"

.125"

=

3.175mm

1/4"

.250"

=

6.350mm

3/8"

.375"

=

9.525mm

1/2"

.500"

=

12.700mm

5/8"

.625"

=

15.875mm

3/4"

.750"

=

19.050mm

7/8"

.875"

=

22.225mm

1"

1.000"

=

25.400mm


Sixteenths of an Inch

1

.0625"

=

1.588mm

3

.1875"

=

4.762mm

5

.3125"

=

7.938mm

7

.4375"

=

11.112mm

9

.5625"

=

14.288mm

11

.6875"

=

17.462mm

13

.8125"

=

20.638mm

15

.9375"

=

23.812mm


Thirty-seconds of an Inch

1

.03125"

=

0.794mm

3

.09375"

=

2.381mm

5

.15625"

=

3.969mm

7

.21875"

=

5.556mm

9

.28125"

=

7.144mm

11

.34375"

=

8.731mm

13

.40625"

=

10.319mm

15

.46875"

=

11.906mm

17

.53125"

=

13.494mm

19

.59375"

=

15.081mm

21

.65625"

=

16.669mm

23

.71825"

=

18.256mm

25

.78125"

=

19.844mm

27

.84375"

=

21.431mm

29

.90625"

=

23.019mm

31

.96875"

=

24.606mm

 

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Sixty-fourths of an Inch

1

.015625"

=

.0397mm

3

.046875"

=

1.191mm

5

.078125"

=

1.984mm

7

.109375"

=

2.778mm

9

.140625"

=

3.572mm

11

.171875"

=

4.366mm

13

.203125"

=

5.159mm

15

234375"

=

5.953mm

17

.265625"

=

6.747mm

19

.296875"

=

7.541mm

21

.328125"

=

8.334mm

23

.359375"

=

9.128mm

25

.390625"

=

9.922mm

29

.453125"

=

11.509mm

31

.484375"

=

12.303mm

33

.515625"

=

13.097mm

35

.546875"

=

13.891mm

37

.578125"

=

14.684mm

39

.609375"

=

15.478mm

41

.640625"

=

16.272mm

43

.671875"

=

17.066mm

45

.703125"

=

17.859mm

47

.734375"

=

18.653mm

49

.765625"

=

19.447mm

51

.796875"

=

20.241mm

53

.828125"

=

21.034mm

55

.859375"

=

21.828mm

57

.890625"

=

22.622mm

59

.921875"

=

23.416mm

61

.953125"

=

24.209mm

63

.984375"

=

25.003mm





Inch Equivalents of Common Millimeter Sizes

1mm

.984375"

4mm

.15748"

8mm

.31496"

1.5mm

.05906"

4.5mm

.17717"

9mm

.35433"

2mm

.07874"

5mm

.19685"

10mm

.39370"

2.5mm

.09843"

5.5mm

.21654"

11mm

.43307"

3mm

.11811"

6mm

.23622"

12mm

.47244"

3.5mm

.13780"

7mm

.27559"

13mm

.51181"

 

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Fineness of Gold Karats

1/2

.02083

6-1/2

.27083

12-1/2

.52083

18-1/2

.77083

1

.04167

7

.29167

13

.54167

19

.79167

1-1/2

.06250

7-1/2

.31250

13-1/2

.56250

19-1/2

.81250

2

.08333

8

.33333

14

.58333

20

.83333

2-1/2

.10417

8-1/2

.35417

14-1/2

.60417

20-1/2

.85417

3

.12500

9

.37500

15

.62500

21

.87500

3-1/2

.14583

9-1/2

.39583

15-1/2

.64583

21-1/2

.89583

4

.16667

10

.41667

16

.66667

22

.91667

4-1/2

.18750

10-1/2

.43750

16-1/2

.68750

22-1/2

.93750

5

.20833

11

.45833

17

.70833

23

.95833

5-1/2

.22917

11-1/2

.47917

17-1/2

.72917

23-1/2

.97917

6

.25000

12

.50000

18

.75000

24

1.00000

 

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Measures

1 millimeter (mm)

= .001 meter

= .03937 inch

1 meter

= 39.37 inches

= 3.2808 feet

 

1 kilometer

= .62147 mile

1 inch

= .25.4mm

   

1 foot

= .3048 meter

1 mile

= 1.6093 kilometers

   

 

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Weights

1 pennyweight (dwt.)

= 24 grains

= 7.777 carats

= 1.555 grams

1 troy oz.

= 20 dwt.

= 1.0972 avoir. oz.

= 31.103 grams

1 gram

= .03215 tr. oz.

= .03527 avoir. oz.

1 kilogram (kg.)

= 2.2046 avoir. lb.

   

1 avoir. oz.

= 28.35 grams

= .9007 troy oz.

1 avoir. lb.

= 16 avoir. oz.

= 14.582 troy oz.

= .45359 kg.

 

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