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1a. Time units · Zeiteinheiten   Hot Potatoes: Days & months

1 second=
1 minute=60 seconds
1 hour=60 minutes
1 day=24 hours
1 week=7 days
1 month

=28–31 days
 
1 quarter (year)=3 months
1 year=12 months & 365/366 days
1 quinennium=5 years
1 decade=10 years
1 century=100 years
1 millennium
plural: millennia
=1000 years

1b. Temporal names · Zeitnamen   Hot Potatoes: Temporal names

DaysMonthsSpecial days / Holidays
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
January
February
March
April
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Ascension Day
bank holiday
Christmas Day
Christmas Eve
Corpus Christi
Easter
Whitsun / Whit Monday
anniversary
wedding anniversary
centenary

Am.: centennial
bicentenary
Am.: bicentennial
birthday / name-day
Christi Himmelfahrt
1 öffentl. Feiertag
Weihnachtstag
Heiligabend
Fronleichnam
Ostern
Pfingsten / Pfingstmontag
Jahrestag
Hochzeitstag
100th anniversary

200th anniversary

Geburtstag / Namenstag

Hot Potatoes: Days & months  interactive exercise

2. Linear measures · Längenmaße

1 inchin1"==2,54 cm(1 Zoll)
1 footft1'=12 inches=30,84 cm(1 Fuß)
1 yardyd =3 feet=91,44 cm(1 Yard)
1 furlongfur =220 yards=201,17 m 
1 milem =1760 yards=1,609 km(1 Meile)
1 league  =3 miles=4,828 km 

3. Square measures · Flächenmaße

1 square inch =6,452 cm2
1 square foot=144 sq inches=929,029 cm2
1 square yard=9 sg feet=0,836 m2
1 square rod=30,25 sq yards=25,25 m2
1 acre=4840 sq yards=40,47 Ar
1 square mile=640 acres=2,59 km2

4. Cubic measures · Raummaße

1 cubic inch =16,387 cm3
1 cubic foot=1728 cu inches=0,028 m3
1 cubic yard=27 cu feet=0,765 m3
1 register ton=100 cu feet=2,832 m3

5. Liquid measures of capacity · Flüssigkeitsmaße

 BritishUS Am.
1 gill  =0,142 l0,118 l
1 pintpt=4 gills=0,568 l0,473 l
1 quartqt=2 pints=1,136 l0,946
1 gallongal=4 quarts=4,546 l3,785 l
1 barrel =Br. oil: 35 gallons
Am. oil: 42 gallons
Br. beer: 36 gallons
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159,106 l

163,656 l

159,106 l

6. Temperature · Temperatur

Fahrenheit
°F
Celsius
°C
 Celsius
°C
Fahrenheit
°F
0– 17,8– 1014
320032
50101050
7021,12068
9032,23086
98,4373798,4
212100100212
Conversion: subtract 32 and multiply by 5/9 Conversion:
multiply by 9/5 and add 32
Umrechnung:
Ziehen Sie 32 ab, und multiplizieren Sie mit 5/9
Umrechnung:
Multiplizieren Sie mit 9/5, und addieren Sie 32


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