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Add New Measurements: How can I add a measurement to ConvertIt that it does not currently recognize?
Airspeeds: How do I convert from indicated airspeed to true airspeed?
Area of Rectangular Solid: How do I find the area of a rectangular solid that is 160,000 square meters by 13 inches?
Area of X-sided Figure: How do I figure out the area of an N sided figure? For example, the area of a six-sided figure. The sides have lengths of 4, 6, 9, 3, and 5.
Board Feet from Lineal Feet: How do I convert from lineal feet to board feet?
BTU to Cubic Meters: How to convert from BTU (British Thermal Units) to cubic meters of gas?
Capacity of a Tank: How do I figure out the capacity in gallons of a fuel (or water or oil) tank? The tank resembles the tank on a tanker truck or railroad tanker car. The oval end is X feet tall by Y feet wide, and the tank is Z feet long.
Convert Fluid Volume To Mass/Weight Measurements: How do I convert from cups, fluid ounces, teaspoons, etc. (fluid volume units) to pounds, ounces, grams, etc. (mass/weight units)?
Convert From a Combination of Units: Why doesn't ConvertIt recognize measurements like "5 feet 2 inches"?
Convert To a Combination of Units: Why can't ConvertIt convert to a combination of related measurements like feet and inches, or quarts and ounces?
Decibels and Logarithmically-scaled Units: How can I convert from decibels to other measurements of sound intensity?
Decimal Degrees to Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS): How can I convert from decimal degrees (as in, "degrees of longitude" or "degrees of latitude") to degrees, minutes, and seconds, or vice versa? How can I convert from fractional hours to hours, minutes, and seconds, or vice versa?
Distance and Time to Miles per Hour: How do I convert a distance traveled in a specific amount of time to miles per hour (or some other unit of speed)? For example, if a vehicle travels 2.54 miles in 1.67 minutes, what is its speed in miles per hour?
Eighths in an Ounce: How many "eighths" are there in an ounce?
Fractions like 2 5/8: Why doesn't ConvertIt recognize measurements like "2 5/8 feet" when it recognizes "4/5 foot"?
Fuel Efficiency and Fuel Consumption: How do I convert fuel efficiency/fuel consumption measurements between the metric system (SI) and English system units?
How many X are there in one Y?: How many X are there in one Y? For example, how many teaspoons are there in a gallon?
How Many X in a Container?: How can I estimate the number of dimes (or jelly beans, or buttons, etc.) that are in a container without counting them?
Hyphenated Units Like Acre-Foot: Why doesn't ConvertIt recognize hyphenated measurements like "acre-foot"?
Inches of Mercury: Why doesn't ConvertIt recognize "inches of mercury"?
International Units (IU) to Milligrams: How do I convert from International Units (IU) to grams or milligrams?
Linear Feet to Square Feet and Cubic Feet: How do I convert linear feet to square feet and cubic feet?
Ounces and Fluid Measurements: Why doesn't ConvertIt recognize "ounces" as compatible with gallons, teaspoons, and other liquid measurements?
Parts per Million to Micrograms per Liter: How do I convert from parts per million to micrograms per liter?
Parts per Million to Moles: How do I convert a parts per million measurement of Hydrogen Sulfide content in Sulfur into moles?
Pounds per Square Inch: Why does ConvertIt say that "pounds/square inch" is a measure of surface density and not a measure of pressure?
Shoe Sizes and Clothing Sizes: How do I convert my US (United States) shoe size into a UK (United Kingdom) or European (metric) shoe size?
Steel Sheet Gauges/Sizes: How do I convert from a steel sheet #16 to its width in millimeters?
Temperature Conversions: 0 Degrees: When I Convert From "degrees Celsius" (or "Celsius" or "dC") to "degrees Fahrenheit", why is the answer 33.799... degrees and not 32 degrees?
Torque Measurements: daNm to Foot Pounds: How do I convert from daNm to foot pounds of torque?
Wind Chill Factor: How can I determine the wind chill factor or the perceived temperature given the current temperature and wind speed?