U.S. Customary Units

Question 1

What is 30 °C on the Fahrenheit scale?

Answer 1

86 °F

Question 2

How many gallons are in an oil barrel?

Answer 2

42 gal = 1 bbl

Question 3

Approximately how many kilometers are in a mile?

Answer 3

1.6 km = 1 mi

Question 4

How many miles are in a league?

Answer 4

3 mi = 1 lea

Question 5

How many inches are in a hand?

Answer 5

4 in = 1 hand

Question 6

How many pounds are there in a ton?

Answer 6

2000 lb = 1 ton

Question 7

How many gallons are there in a peck?

Answer 7

2 gal = 1 pk

Question 8

How many feet are in a yard?

Answer 8

3 ft = 1 yd

Question 9

What unit of length was historically defined as one minute of a degree of latitude? (Today it is defined as exactly 1852 metres.)

Answer 9

nautical mile

Question 10

How many quarts are there in a gallon?

Answer 10

4 qt = 1 gal

Question 11

How many yards are in a mile?

Answer 11

1760 yd = 1 mi

Question 12

How many fluid ounces are in a cup?

Answer 12

8 fl oz = 1 cup

Question 13

What unit of liquid volume is approximately equal to 1 drop?

Answer 13

minum

Question 14

How many gallons are there in a hogshead?

Answer 14

63 gal = 1 hogshead

Question 15

What unit of weight is equal to 1/7000th of a pound?

Answer 15

grain

Question 16

How many fluid ounces are in a pint?

Answer 16

16 fl oz = 1 pt

Question 17

What unit of liquid volume is equal to 4 fl oz (a half cup)?

Answer 17

gill

Question 18

How many sheets of writing paper are there in a ream?

Answer 18

500 sheets = 1 ream

Question 19

How many Tablespoons are there in a fluid ounce?

Answer 19

2 Tbsp (or 6 tsp) = 1 fl oz

Question 20

What unit of dry volume is equal to 128 cubic feet?

Answer 20

cord

Question 21

What unit of weight is equal to 1/16th of an ounce?

Answer 21

dram

Question 22

What unit of length, equal to 1/72nd of an inch, is used for measuring font size on a printed page?

Answer 22

point

Question 23

How many cups are there in a pint?

Answer 23

2 cups = 1 pt

Question 24

What is 20 °C on the Fahrenheit scale?

Answer 24

68 °F

Question 25

How many feet are in a mile?

Answer 25

5280 ft = 1 mi

Question 26

How many inches are in a foot?

Answer 26

12 in = 1 ft

Question 27

How many ounces are there in a pound?

Answer 27

16 oz = 1 lb

Question 28

What is 10 °C on the Fahrenheit scale?

Answer 28

50 °F

Question 29

What unit of power is equal to approximately 745.7 W?

Answer 29

horsepower

Question 30

How many feet are in a fathom?

Answer 30

6 ft = 2 yd = 1 ftm

Question 31

How many pints are there in a gallon?

Answer 31

8 pt = 1 gal

Question 32

What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?

Answer 32

212 °F

Question 33

How many cups are there in a quart?

Answer 33

4 cups = 1 qt

Question 34

What unit is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit?

Answer 34

British thermal unit (Btu)

Question 35

What unit of length, used in surveying, is equal to 66 ft?

Answer 35

chain (1 chain = 4 rods)

Question 36

How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?

Answer 36

3 tsp = 1 Tbsp

Question 37

What is the freezing point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?

Answer 37

32 °F

Question 38

How many cups are there in a gallon?

Answer 38

16 cups = 1 gal

Question 39

What is 40 °C on the Fahrenheit scale?

Answer 39

104 °F

Question 40

How many pints are there in a quart?

Answer 40

2 pt = 1 qt

Question 41

What temperature is the same on the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales?

Answer 41

-40 °F = -40 °C

Question 42

What unit of land area is equal to 10 square chains or 1/640th of a square mile?

Answer 42

acre

Question 43

What measure of distance is equal to 660 ft, 220 yd, or 1/8th of a mile?

Answer 43

furlong

Question 44

How many pecks are there in a bushel?

Answer 44

4 pk = 1 bu

Question 45

How many sheets of writing paper are there in a quire?

Answer 45

25 sheets = 1 quire

Question 46

What unit of liquid volume is equal to 3 Tbsp?

Answer 46

shot (or jig)

Question 47

What unit of length, used in surveying, is equal to 16.5 ft?

Answer 47

rod

Question 48

What unit of mass is defined as the mass that is accelerated by 1 ft/s² when a force of one pound is exerted on it?

Answer 48

slug