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Did You Know?
The mile was defined by the Romans as 1,000 paces (mille passus in Latin).
A meter was intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the equator.
The longest road in the world, the Pan-American Highway, spans 19,000 miles (30,000 km)!
Quick Reference
- 1 km = 1000 m
- 1 m = 100 cm
- 1 cm = 10 mm
- 1 mm = 1000 μm (micrometers)
- 1 μm = 1000 nm (nanometers)
- 1 in = 2.54 cm
- 1 ft = 12 in
- 1 yd = 3 ft
- 1 chain = 22 yd
- 1 rod (pole) = 5.5 yd
- 1 fathom = 6 ft
- 1 mi = 1760 yd
- 1 nmi (nautical mile) = 1852 m
- 1 league = 3 mi