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The Metric and U.S. Customary Systems<\/h1>\r\nIn nutrition, there are two systems of commonly used measurements: metric and U.S. customary. We need both because the U.S. won\u2019t adopt the metric system completely.\r\n\r\nThese are commonly used prefixes for the metric system:\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Micro- (\u03bc)<\/td>\r\n1\/1,000,000th (one millionth)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Milli- (m)<\/td>\r\n1\/1000th (one thousandth)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Centi- (c)<\/td>\r\n1\/100th (one hundredth)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Deci- (d)<\/td>\r\n1\/10th (one tenth)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Kilo- (k)<\/td>\r\n1000x (one thousand times)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Mass<\/h2>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Metric system<\/strong><\/td>\r\nU.S. customary system<\/strong><\/td>\r\nConversions<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Microgram (\u03bcg)<\/td>\r\nOunce (oz)<\/td>\r\n1 oz = 28.35 g<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Milligram (mg)<\/td>\r\nPound (lb)<\/td>\r\n1 lb = 16 oz<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Gram (g)<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n1 lb = 454 g<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Kilogram (kg)<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n1 kg = 2.2 lbs<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

Volume<\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Metric system<\/strong><\/td>\r\nU.S. customary system<\/strong><\/td>\r\nConversions<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Milliliter (mL)<\/td>\r\nTeaspoon (tsp)<\/td>\r\n1 tsp = 5 mL<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Deciliter (dL)<\/td>\r\nTablespoon (tbsp)<\/td>\r\n1 tbsp = 3 tsp = 15 mL<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Liter (L)<\/td>\r\nFluid ounce (fl oz)<\/td>\r\n1 fl oz = 2 tbsp = 30 mL<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
<\/td>\r\nCup (c)<\/td>\r\n1 c = 8 fl oz = 237 mL<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
<\/td>\r\nPint (pt)<\/td>\r\n1 pt = 2 c = 16 fl oz<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
<\/td>\r\nQuart (qt)<\/td>\r\n1 qt = 4 c = 32 fl oz = 0.95 L<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
<\/td>\r\nGallon (gal) = 4 qt<\/td>\r\n1 gal = 4 qt<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Length<\/h2>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Metric system<\/strong><\/td>\r\nU.S. customary system<\/strong><\/td>\r\nConversions<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Millimeter (mm)<\/td>\r\nInch (in)<\/td>\r\n1 in = 25.4 mm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Centimeter (cm)<\/td>\r\nFoot (ft)<\/td>\r\n1 ft= 30.5 cm<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Meter (m)<\/td>\r\nYard (yd)<\/td>\r\n1 yd = 0.9 m<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Kilometer (km)<\/td>\r\nMile (mi)<\/td>\r\n1 mi = 1.6 km<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"

The Metric and U.S. Customary Systems<\/h1>\n

In nutrition, there are two systems of commonly used measurements: metric and U.S. customary. We need both because the U.S. won\u2019t adopt the metric system completely.<\/p>\n

These are commonly used prefixes for the metric system:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Micro- (\u03bc)<\/td>\n1\/1,000,000th (one millionth)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milli- (m)<\/td>\n1\/1000th (one thousandth)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centi- (c)<\/td>\n1\/100th (one hundredth)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deci- (d)<\/td>\n1\/10th (one tenth)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kilo- (k)<\/td>\n1000x (one thousand times)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Mass<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Metric system<\/strong><\/td>\nU.S. customary system<\/strong><\/td>\nConversions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Microgram (\u03bcg)<\/td>\nOunce (oz)<\/td>\n1 oz = 28.35 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milligram (mg)<\/td>\nPound (lb)<\/td>\n1 lb = 16 oz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gram (g)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1 lb = 454 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kilogram (kg)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1 kg = 2.2 lbs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Volume<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Metric system<\/strong><\/td>\nU.S. customary system<\/strong><\/td>\nConversions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milliliter (mL)<\/td>\nTeaspoon (tsp)<\/td>\n1 tsp = 5 mL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deciliter (dL)<\/td>\nTablespoon (tbsp)<\/td>\n1 tbsp = 3 tsp = 15 mL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liter (L)<\/td>\nFluid ounce (fl oz)<\/td>\n1 fl oz = 2 tbsp = 30 mL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCup (c)<\/td>\n1 c = 8 fl oz = 237 mL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPint (pt)<\/td>\n1 pt = 2 c = 16 fl oz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nQuart (qt)<\/td>\n1 qt = 4 c = 32 fl oz = 0.95 L<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nGallon (gal) = 4 qt<\/td>\n1 gal = 4 qt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Length<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Metric system<\/strong><\/td>\nU.S. customary system<\/strong><\/td>\nConversions<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Millimeter (mm)<\/td>\nInch (in)<\/td>\n1 in = 25.4 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Centimeter (cm)<\/td>\nFoot (ft)<\/td>\n1 ft= 30.5 cm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meter (m)<\/td>\nYard (yd)<\/td>\n1 yd = 0.9 m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kilometer (km)<\/td>\nMile (mi)<\/td>\n1 mi = 1.6 km<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"menu_order":7,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-181","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":154,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1622,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/181\/revisions\/1622"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/154"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/181\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/fundamentalsofhealthandphysicalactivity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}