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Using Google As a Measurement Converter
So you signed up to run that 10K next week, and you want to know what you’ve gotten yourself into. Don’t worry, 10K doesn’t stand for 10,000 miles, it’s only 10 kilometers. But how do you know how many miles that is? Google can help you with that! All you have to do is type the following into a Google search box:
You will end up getting a response automatically from Google’s calculator at the top of the results page telling you that 10 kilometers is equal to about 6.2 miles. Not bad.
If you remember the popular rock song from the mid-90’s entitled “I’m Gonna Be (500 miles)” by The Proclaimers, you may wonder if the lead singer could’ve made a stronger case if he told his honey that he would be willing to walk more than 804 billion nanometers “just to be the man to … fall down at your door.” Check out the music video here.
The possibilities are endless if you want to use Google as a measurement converter. It knows every measurement you know — and then some. Ever wanted to know how big Noah’s ark was? Google knows, and you can to by plugging the cubits into a search box.
If you can’t even begin to fathom how big a fathom is, don’t worry — Google’s got that taken care of for you.
And my personal favorite — if you want to answer the riddle of how many hands are in a foot, don’t worry. Google knows the answer.
Have you ever wanted to know how far 20,000 leagues under the sea really is? I’ll leave that one up to you.
So, rather than memorizing all of the units of measurement below and using a calculator to find out what you need to know, you can just plug them into a Google search box, and have the answer you’re looking for.
- 1 m (meter) = 3.2808 ft = 39.37 in = 1.0936 yd = 6.214×10-4 mile
- 1 km = 0.6214 mile = 3281 ft = 1094 yds
- 1 in (inch) = 25.4 mm = 2.54 cm = 0.0254 m = 0.08333 ft = 0.02778 yd = 1.578×10-5 mile
- 1 ft (foot) = 0.3048 m = 12 in = 0.3333 yd = 1.894×10-4 mile = 30.48 cm = 304.8 mm
- 1 mm = 10-3 m
- 1 cm = 10-2 m = 0.3937 in = 0.0328 ft
- 1 mm = 0.03937 in
- 1 Ã (Angstrom) = 10-10 m
- 1 mile = 1.6093 km = 1,609.3 m = 63,346 in = 5,280 ft = 1,760 yd
- 1 mil (Norway and Sweden) = 10 kilometres
- 1 nm (nautical mile) = 1,852 metres = 1.151 mile = 6076.1 feet
- 1 yd (yard) = 0.9144 m = 36 in = 3 ft = 5.682×10-4 mile
- 1 Furlong = 660 feet = 40 rods = 1/8 mile
- 1 rod = 5.5 yards
- 1 land league = 3 miles
- 1 Fathom = 6 feet = 1.828804 meters
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