This calculator allows you to convert from Chain to Rod and in a reverse direction. To convert from Chain to Rod, enter the amount of Chain into the first input and to convert from Rod to Chain, enter the amount of Rod into the second input.
This calculator allows you to convert from Chain to Rod and in a reverse direction. To convert from Chain to Rod, enter the amount of Chain into the first input and to convert from Rod to Chain, enter the amount of Rod into the second input.
5000 Chain = 20000 Rod
Chain to Meter | Chain to Foot | Chain to Centimeter | Chain to Inch | Chain to Kilometer | Chain to Mile | Chain to Millimeter | Chain to Yard | Chain to Micrometer |5000 Chain equal 20000 Rod.
Every 1 Chain = 4 Rod and so, 5000 Chain = 5000 multiplied by 4 = 20000 Rod.
What is the chain?
The chain is a unit of length. It equals 66 feet. The chain was first introduced between 1579 and 1607.
Several countries have used chain for several centuries especially in England. Note that there are 80 chains in one mile.
The main use of the chain is in laying out US townships. Official governments must use US survey chain to do surveys according to the federal law passed in 1785.
What is rod?
The rod is a unit used to measure distance. It is an old English unit. Rod is the same length as a perch (pole). perch is measured using cordage or wood.
One rod equals to 16.5 feet (5.029 metres). The idiom "rod" is derived from the old English rodd.
Since 1965, rod has been legalized as a unit of measurement in the united kingdom.
Nowadays, the use of rod is not common but Some fields are still using it such as:
| 4990 Chain = 19960 Rod |
| 4991 Chain = 19964 Rod |
| 4992 Chain = 19968 Rod |
| 4993 Chain = 19972 Rod |
| 4994 Chain = 19976 Rod |
| 4995 Chain = 19980 Rod |
| 4996 Chain = 19984 Rod |
| 4997 Chain = 19988 Rod |
| 4998 Chain = 19992 Rod |
| 4999 Chain = 19996 Rod |
| 5000 Chain = 20000 Rod |
| 5001 Chain = 20004 Rod |
| 5002 Chain = 20008 Rod |
| 5003 Chain = 20012 Rod |
| 5004 Chain = 20016 Rod |
| 5005 Chain = 20020 Rod |
| 5006 Chain = 20024 Rod |
| 5007 Chain = 20028 Rod |
| 5008 Chain = 20032 Rod |
| 5009 Chain = 20036 Rod |
| 5010 Chain = 20040 Rod |