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What is the weight of 22.75 cubic feet of water?
Approximately 1,419.34 pounds @8.34 pounds per US gallon.
What units does the US use to measure distance?
The US is one of the 3 remaining countries that still use Imperial (old British) units to measure distance. They therefore uses feet, inches and miles. The rest of the world uses the international standard decimal units relating to the Metre.
How do you convert gallons of water to cubic feet?
Use this formula: cubic feet x 7.48 = gallons (US measure). To be more exact, use 7.48051948 instead of 7.48.
How many pounds in a CWT?
100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Imperial)1 hundredweight (cwt) = 112 imperial pounds (100 US Pounds)
Does 5280 pounds equal a ton?
No. There are three types of ton, none of them equal 5280 pounds. The first ton, US (short) ton, equals 2000 lbs, while the UK (long) ton equals 2240 lbs. Then there is the metric tonne, which equals 2204.6 lbs.There are, however, 5280 feet in a mile.
Who are the last two countries to use feet and inches?
Besides the US, Liberia and Myanmar (formerly Burma) still use feet and inches.
What measuring system do you use in the US?
We have our own system in the US because we're stuborn. Mass we use pounds and length we use inches, feet, miles. Volume is the same as well as time.
How many pounds of water are there in 30 cubic feet if one gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds?
30 cubic feet of water at 8.34 pounds per US gallon equates to ~1,871.63 pounds of water.
What is the weight of 22.75 cubic feet of water?
Approximately 1,419.34 pounds @8.34 pounds per US gallon.
What are examples of metric units not being used in the US?
Pounds, feet, miles, gallons.
How do you convert pounds to European measure?
Divide the pounds by 2.204623 (= approx 2.205). It is not just a European measure but an International one. All developed countries and most developing countries use the SI system. The countries that still use pounds mainly are the US, Burma, Liberia and some Caribbean islands.
How much weight 1.63 cubic feet of water?
Approximately 102 pounds for 1.63 cubic feet of water (12.2 US gallons).
How many pounds of water are there in 80 cubic feet?
62.427 pounds is the weight 1 cu.ft. of very cold fresh water .
What unit would you use to measure the weight of a car?
In the US we would use pounds.
If you had a million US 1 bills it would be 358 feet tall How much would it weigh?
2,041 Pounds
6000 pounds is what in US dollars?
they use the euro now dont they?
In US high school can you use your feet to attack a volleyball?
no
