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[2.5] Measurements

   Almost all measurements in RPS2 are given in the metric system. Why? All the big RPG's are doing it nowadays. Okay, so the real reason is that it's a better, simpler, easier to understand system, even if it is foreign to many of us Americans. Myself included. So, for those of us who think in inches, miles, acres, pounds, and gallons, here is a handy conversion guide.

MetricEnglish
Length
1 centimeter (cm) 0.39 inches (in)
1 meter (m) 3.28 feet (ft)
1 meter 1.094 yards (yd)
1 meter per second (m/s) 2.237 miles per hour (mph)
1 kilometer (km) 0.62 miles (mi)
2.54 centimeters (cm) 1 inch (in)
30.48 centimeters (cm) 1 foot (ft)
0.915 meters (m) 1 yard (yd)
0.447 meters per second (m/s) 1 miles per hour (mph)
1.61 kilometers (km) 1 mile (mi)
1.85 kilometers (km) 1 nautical mile (1.15 miles)
Area
1 square centimeter (cm2) 0.155 square inches (in2)
1 square meter (m2) 10.76 square feet (ft2)
1 square meter (m2) 1.2 square yards (yd2)
1 hectare (ha = 10,000 m2) 2.46 acres
1 square kilometer (km2 = 100 ha = 106 m2) 0.387 square miles (mi2)
6.45 cm2 1 in2
0.093 m2 1 ft2
0.83 m2 1 yd2
0.41 hectare 1 acre
2.58 km2 1 mi2
Volume
1 milliliter (ml = 1 cm3) 0.034 fluid ounces (fl oz)
1 liter (l = 1 dm3) 0.0353 cubic feet (ft3)
1 liter (l) 1.06 quarts (qt)
1 liter (l) 0.265 U.S. gallons (gal)
1 m3 35.3 ft3
1 m3 1.31 yd3
29.5 milliliters (ml) 1 fluid ounce (fl oz)
28.3 liters (l) 1 cubic foot (ft3)
0.94 liters (l) 1 quart (qt)
3.77 liters (l) 1 U.S. gallon (gal)
.0283 m3 1 ft3
0.76 m3 1 yd3
Mass
1 gram (g) 0.0022 pounds (lb)
1 gram (g) 0.035 ounces (oz)
1 gram (g) 15.4 grains (gr = 1/7000 lb)
1 kilogram (kg = 1,000 g) 2.2 pounds (lb)
1 Newton (N = 0.1 kgb) 0.225 pounds (lb)
1 metric ton (mt = 1,000 kg) 1.1 U.S. tons (short ton = 2000 lb)
0.065 grams (g) 1 grain (gr)
28.4 grams (g) 1 ounce (oz)
453.6 grams (g) 1 pound (lb)
0.4536 kilograms (kg) 1 pound
4.45 Newton (N) 1 pound
0.91 metric tons (mt) 1 U.S. ton

Power
of Ten		Decimal EquivalentPrefixSymbol
1012 1,000,000,000,000 tera T
109 1,000,000,000 giga G
106 1,000,000 mega M
103 1,000 kilo k
102 100 hecto h
10 10 deka da
10-1 0.1 deci d
10-2 0.01 centi c
10-3 0.001 milli m
10-6 0.000 001 micro µ
10-9 0.000 000 001 nano n
10-12 0.000 000 000 001 pico p
10-15 0.000 000 000 000 001 femto f
10-18 0.000 000 000 000 000 001 atto a

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