What is 12rod in Metres?

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What is 12 Rods (12rod) in Metres (m)?

What is 12rod in m? Convert 12 Rods (12rod) to Metres (m) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Rods to Metres

Formula
m = rod x 5.03
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Metres, multiply the number of Rods by 5.0
Rods (rod) in 1 Metre
There are 0.2 Rods in 1 Metre
Metres (m) in 1 Rod
There are 5.03 Metres in 1 Rod

Unit Information

Rod
/rɒd/
Symbol: rod
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Rod?

The rod is a unit of length in the imperial and US sytem and uses the symbol rod.

A rod (or perch, pole, lug) is equal to 16.5 feet or 5.5 yards.

It is a building surveyor's tool for measuring distance and is particularly useful as multiples of this unit can make up an exact acre. A perfect acre is a rectangle with edges 660 feet and 66 feet - which is 40 rods by 4 rods; i.e. 1 acre = 160 square rods.

Metre
/ˈmiːtə/
Symbol: m
Unit System: SI

What is the Metre?

The metre (or meter; US spelling) is the SI base unit of length and uses the symbol m.

Originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole but was redefined in 1799 in terms of a prototyped metre bar (this bar was changed again in 1889).

In 1983 the current definition was adopted and it is now the most common unit in any property in the world and is used in thousands of formulae to describe countless characteristics.

Let's hear it for the metre!


Conversion Tables for Rods (rod) to Metres (m)