TEMPERATURE CONVERSION

General information on
temperature

Fahrenheit:  Under standard conditions water boils at 212
deg. and freezes at 32 deg.

Celsius or Centigrade:
  Water boils at 100 deg. and freezes
as 0 deg.

Kelvin:  Water boils
at 373.15 K and freezes at 273.15 K.

-40 degrees Celsius
is the same as -40 degrees Fahrenheit *

* Thanks to Chris Johnson for
pointing this out.

How to convert from Celsius
to Fahrenheit and vice versa

To convert Celsius into Fahrenheit

Multiply by 9, divide by 5 and add 32.

To convert Fahrenheit into
Celsius

Subtract 32, multiply by 5 and divide by 9

Neal Bellard
has kindly sent in an even easier way to convert these –

Why use 3 steps to convert degrees C to
F and vice versa?

For Celsius
to Fahrenheit

Multiply by 1.8 then add
32. 

For Fahrenheit
to Celsius

Subtract 32 then divide by 1.8.

This is the easiest and quickest way of all to convert
Centigrade to Fahrenheit. This method gives you more or less the correct answer.

For Celsius/Centrigrade
to Fahrenheit –  Just double it and add 30! 

Example

15 deg Centigrade/Celsius. 

Double it = 30 

Add 30 = 60 deg.  Fahrenheit. 

 

For Fahrenheit
to Celsius

Just take away 30 and then half it. 

Ella Terrence