What is 1600m in Rods?

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What is 1600 Metres (1600m) in Rods (rod)?

What is 1600m in rod? Convert 1600 Metres (1600m) to Rods (rod) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Metres to Rods

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

Unit Information

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!

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.


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