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David K. Israel
Daft Dave: conversions
by David K. Israel - July 19, 2007 - 6:14 AM

dd.jpgTime for another Daft Dave post, folks! If you don’t remember how this works, Daft Dave has trouble getting his facts right. Today I’m feeling especially confused about some conversions. First one to point out all my mistakes gets serious DD bragging rights. (And remember, no reference books or Internet searches allowed…)

  • 23 lbs = 366 oz.
  • 100 grams = .001 tons
  • .001 metric tons = 100 kilograms
  • 35 ml = .035 ml
  • 10 gallons = 40 qts.
  • 24 cups = 12 pints
  • 100 Celsius = 132 Fahrenheit
  • 1000 mm = 100 cm = 1m = .01 km
  • 7,500 feet = 2,500 yards = 90,000 inches
  • 25 square meters = 0.01 acres
  • 10 picometers = 1 millionth-millionth of a meter
  • 1 league = 3 miles
  • 1 furlong = 66 feet
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Comments (7)

  1. I think you made a typo… does that count as an error? You wrote:

    35 ml = .035 ml

    But I think you intended:

    35 ml = .035 L

    no?

    posted by Lizabits on 7-19-2007 at 6:30 am

  2. …also, 100 Celsius is 212 Fahrenheit, not 132.

    posted by Lizabits on 7-19-2007 at 6:32 am

  3. 1) 23 lb is 368 oz though I’m confused as to how you got to 366, which is 1/8th of a lb off…
    2) missing a “0″: .0001 tons
    3) a kilogram is .001 metric tons
    4) 35 ml = .035 *litres* not ml
    5) 10 gallons is 40 US quarts, 8.3ish Imperial…
    6) once again, only in the US. ‘Tis 9.99 imperial
    7) 212F
    8) dropped another “0″. .001 km
    9) looks right to me…
    10) also seems right
    11) a league is just under 3.5 miles isn’t it?
    12) dropped a 0 = 660 ft.

    posted by Jon Tillman on 7-19-2007 at 8:06 am

  4. Jon Tillman you are darn near perfect! Still one rather egregious error to go, tho…

    posted by David on 7-19-2007 at 8:22 am

  5. I think Jon got 10 wrong, 25 sq metres is 269 sq feet, divide by 1 acre (43508 sq feet) should be 0.006 acres. The rest looks ok to me.

    posted by Kirke on 7-19-2007 at 10:03 am

  6. 1 picometer, not 10

    posted by Laura on 7-19-2007 at 10:59 am

  7. Ding! Ding! Ding! That’s it Laura!

    posted by David on 7-19-2007 at 12:43 pm

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