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Temperature Conversion Table

Celsius
*1

F/C

Fahrenheit
*2

-18

0

32

-15

5

41

-12

10

50

-9

15

59

-7

20

68

-4

25

77

-1

30

86

0

32

90

2

35

96

4

40

104

7

45

113

10

50

122

38

100

212

Distance Conversion Table

km

miles/km

miles

1.6

1

0.6

3.2

2

1.2

4.8

3

1.9

6.4

4

2.5

8.0

5

3.1

9.7

6

3.7

11.3

7

4.3

12.9

8

5.0

14.5

9

5.6

16.1

10

6.2

32.2

20

12.4

48.3

30

18.6

64.4

40

24.9

80.5

50

31.1

96.6

60

37.3

112.7

70

43.5

128.7

80

49.7

144.8

90

55.9

160.9

100

62.1

402.3

250

155.3

804.7

500

310.7

* Figures are rounded off to one decimal place.

Metric Prefixes

Prefix

Meaning

deci-

one-tenth

centi-

one-hundredth

milli-

one-thousandth

micro-

one-millionth

nano-

one-billionth

pico-

one-trillionth

deka-

10

hecto-

100

kilo-

1000

mega-

1 million

giga-

1 billion

tera-

1 trillion

Main Units of Currency

Country

Currency

Afghanistan

afghani

Albania

lek

Algeria

dinar

Argentina

peso

Australia

dollar

Austria

euro

Belgium

euro

Bolivia

boliviano

Bosnia-Herzogovina

marka

Brazil

cruzeiro

Bulgaria

lev

Canada

dollar

Chile

peso

China

renminbi

yuan

Colombia

peso

Congo, Democratic Republic of the franc congolais

Costa Rica

colon

Croatia

kuna

Czech Republic

koruna

Denmark

krone

Egypt

pound

El Salvador

U.S. dollar

Ethiopia

birr

Finland

euro

France

euro

Germany

euro

Ghana

cedi

Greece

euro

Guatemala

quetzal

Haiti

gourde

Honduras

lempira

Hong Kong

dollar

Hungary

forint

Iceland

krona

India

rupee

Indonesia

rupiah

Iran

rial

Iraq

dinar

Ireland

euro

Israel

shekel

Italy

euro

Jamaica

dollar

Japan

yen

Kenya

shilling

Korea, North

won

Korea, South

won

Kuwait

dinar

Laos

kip

Lebanon

pound

Libya

dinar

Luxembourg

euro

Malawi

kwacha

Malaysia

ringgit

Malta

euro

Mexico

peso

Morocco

dirham

Netherlands

euro

New Zealand

dollar

Nicaragua

córdoba

Nigeria

naira

Norway

krone

Panama U.S.

dollar

Paraguay

guaraní

Peru

nuevo sol

Philippines

piso or peso

Poland

zloty

Portugal

euro

Puerto Rico

U.S. dollar

Romania

leu

Russia

ruble

Saudi Arabia

riyal

Singapore

dollar

Slovakia

koruna

South Africa

rand

Spain

euro

Sweden

krona

Switzerland

franc

Syria

pound

Taiwan

dollar

Thailand

baht

Tunisia

dinar

Turkey

lira

Uganda

shilling

United Kingdom

pound

United States

dollar

Uruguay

peso

Venezuela

bolívar

Vietnam

dong

Zambia

kwacha

Zimbabwe

dollar

Numerals

Arabic

Roman

1

I

2

II

3

III

4

IV

5

V

6

VI

7

VII

8

VIII

9

IX

10

X

50

L

60

LX

90

XC

100

C

500

D

1,000

M

5,000

10,000

100,000

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