Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NATIONAL MEASUREMENT REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 88

                The conversion factors stated in column 4 in an item in Schedule 11 are prescribed for the conversion of units of measurement stated in column 2 in that item to units of measurement stated in column 3 in the item.

Examples

1   To convert yards to metres use the conversion factor in Column 4 of item 3 of Schedule 11 which is 0.9144, so that:

2 yards x 0.9144 = 1.8288 metres.

2   To convert roods to square metres use the conversion factor in
Column 4 of item 11 of Schedule 11 which is 1210 (0.9144) 2 , so that:

16 roods x 1210 x (0.9144) 2  = 16 187.425 69 square metres.

3   To convert slugs to kilograms use the conversion factor in Column 4 of item 22 of Schedule 11 which is 32.174 x 0.453 592 37, so that:

7 slugs x 32.174 x 0.453 592 37 = 102.157 166 39 kilograms.

4   To convert cubic yards to cubic metres use the conversion factor in Column 4 of item 25 of Schedule 11 which is (0.9144) 3 , so that:

88 cubic yards x (0.9144) 3  = 67.280 827 503 cubic metres.

5    To convert miles per hour to kilometres per hour use the conversion factor in Column 4 of item 36 of Schedule 11 which is 1.609 344, so that:

100 miles per hour x 1.609 344 = 160.9344 kilometres per hour.

6    To convert calories to joules use the conversion factor in Column 4 of item 39 of Schedule 11 which is 4.186 8, so that:

107 calories x 4.186 8 = 447.9876 joules.

7    To convert horsepower to watts use the conversion factor in Column 4 of item 41 of Schedule 11 which is 745.7, so that:

88 horsepower x 745.7 = 65 621.6 watts.