Convert from therms to mmbtu?

Question

Okay so I have 6,759 therms and I need to convert those to mmbtu. Someone told me to just divide it by 10 but that can't be right. HELP!

Answer 1

1 therm = 100,000 btu = 0.1 mmbtu

The 'mm' in 'mmbtu' stand for mille-mille, mille being being Latin for a thousand, so 1000*1000.  So there are 1,000,000 btu is 1mmbtu.

Therefore your statement of dividing by 10 is correct, since multiplying 0.1mmbtu/therm is the same as dividing by 10.

Your answer is therefore:

6759 therm * 0.1mmbtu/therm = 675.9 mmbtu

Answer 2

The other answer has it backwards, m = 1/1000

6,759 therms is 6.759×10^8 BTU or 675900000 BTU

1 BTU = 1000000 mmBTU

To convert this to mmBTU multiply by 1000000

6,759 therms = 675900000 BTU = 675900000000000 mmBTU

but I have this idea that you really want MBTU or MMBTU, which is entirely different thing.

1000000 BTU = 1 MBTU

6759 therms = 675900000 BTU = 675.9 MBTU

So yes, in a way, you are correct

6759 therms = 675.9 MBTU

just divide by 10

BUT YOU HAVE TO GET THE CASE CORRECT!

M = x 1000000

MM = T = x 1000000000000

m = divide by 1000

mm = u = divide by 1000000