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Conversion tips, real-life examples and app news.

Oven temperature conversion: the complete °F, °C, gas mark and fan oven chart

350°F is 180°C, gas mark 4, or 160°C fan. The complete five-scale oven chart, a printable PDF, and when to use the fan at all.

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23 kg to lbs: the luggage allowance trap that costs money at check-in

23 kg = 50.7 lbs, but 50 lbs = only 22.7 kg. That 300-gram gap is exactly where overweight fees live.

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Cups to grams: a cook's cheat sheet

A cup of flour and a cup of sugar do not weigh the same. Here is how to convert cups to grams the right way.

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5'10" in cm and 11 stone in kg: height and weight, translated

5'10" is 177.8 cm, not 155: feet and inches are base 12, and typing 5.10 into a calculator is the classic trap.

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Inches to cm: TV sizes, jeans and bikes without the guesswork

1 inch = 2.54 cm, so a 55 inch TV is 140 cm. But that is the diagonal, not the width, and that difference has broken a few TV stands.

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Welcome to the Conversion Calculator blog

Why we started a blog, and what you will find here: practical conversion tips tied to the app.

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