How to Easily Convert Celsius to Fahrenheit

Did you know there are three ways to convert to and from Celsius? There’s Fahrenheit to Celsius the most common temperature scale, next is Rankine to Celsius, and finally there is Kelvin to Celsius. This article will deal mostly with the conversion of Celsius to Fahrenheit and Fahrenheit to Celsius. But it will be fun to actually try the other formulas and it is useful to know. The conversion methods for Kelvin to Celsius and Rankine to Celsius will be listed below after this lesson. Before we begin it’s only prudent to give you formula for this conversion. The formula to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit is: C * 9 /5 + 32 = F

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Calculator or Pen & Paper
• Basic Understanding of Arithmetic

1. Multiply the Celsius temperature (C) times 9. Example: 56 x 9 = 504.

2. Divide the product by 5. Example: 504/5 = 100.8. This equals 100.8

3. Add 32 to the quotient. Example: 100.8 + 32 = 132.8. The sum should be 132.8 This is the quick and easy way to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit. Below is another method to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit that is just as easy.

4. To accomplish this conversion of Celsius to Fahrenheit we use the following formula: (C + 40) * (9/5) – 40 = FAnd there you have it. That is how you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit.

5. That is how you convert Celsius to Fahrenheit. Just remember that in order to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius one only has to change the dividend and divisor to 5/9. Example f – 32 * 5/9 = cExample f + 40 * 5/9 – 40 = cIn the meantime you use 9/5 in order to covert Celsius to Fahrenheit. You can use the same notation to convert Celsius to the other temperature scales mentioned here.

Tips & Warnings

• And these are the formulas to convert Celsius to:
• Rankine: R − 491.67 * 5⁄9 = C
• Kelvin: K − 273.15 = C
• These are the formulas to convert Rankine and Kelvin to Celsius (respectively)
• The formula to convert Rankine to Celsius is: R − 491.67 * 5 / 9 = C
• The formula to convert Kelvin to Celsius is: K − 273.15 = C
• As you can see these methods are pretty simple and once you get used to the methods it is pretty easy. If you plan on working in a field like science or engineering, application of these formulas are paramount. This article may act as a useful crib sheet to study for future reference.

[pedropica]

on 5/29/2009 There is a much easier way to convert from Celsius to Farenheit, specially if you don't have a calculator at hand and your not fast (as I am) in multiplication, division, sum and rest. So, this is the way I do it:Given a the Celcius C that you want to convert to Farenheit F you do the following:F = C * 2 301. Multiply Celcius by 2.2. Add 30.That would give an approximate estimate of the temperature in Farehnheit. Observe that it will contain an error since the formula is not exact. It is only exact for C = 10:50 = 10 * 2 30 which is equal to the original equation 50 = 10 * 9/5 32Now, if you want to be more precise in the conversion, everything you have to do is to apply a small correction to the simplified equation. The exact error commited when applying the simplified equation is:E = 1/5 C - 2which is 0 when C = 10. That means that you have to apply a correction of 1 degree (F...

[pianistic]

on 3/23/2009 Thanks, just what I needed.