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The answer will depend on which unit you are converting from and which unit you are converting to. If, using the SI system, you are converting between units that measure the same characteristic, then the conversion is simply a matter of multiplying or dividing by a power of 10. In the Imperial system (also called the English system), there are different multiples for most conversions. Some examples -

2 pints in a quart

3 feet in a yard

4 quarts in a gallon

6 feet in a fathom

8 furlongs in a mile

12 inches in a foot

14 pounds in a stone

16 ounces in a pound

20 hundredweight in a tonne

Converting between the two systems is even more complicated since most factors are fractional.

If the measures are related to different characteristics, for example one of mass and one of volume, then by the rules of basic dimensional analysis, conversion is not valid.

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