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Weight

Capacities or Volumes  / Common Formulas / Conversion Factors
Cooking Measurement Equivalents  / Temperature
U.S. and Metric Equivalents
10 milligrams (mg)                                equal to 1 centigram (cg)
10 centigrams 1 decigram (dg) = 100 milligrams
10 decigrams 1 gram (g) = 1,000 milligrams
10 grams 1 dekagram (dag)
10 dekagrams 1 hectogram (hg) = 100 grams
10 hectograms 1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams
1,000 kilograms 1 metric ton (t)
   
Apothecaries' Weight  
20 grains 1 scruple
3 scruples 1 dram apothecaries', 60 grains
8 drams apothecaries' 1 ounce apothecaries', 24 scruples, 480 grains
12 ounces apothecaries' 1 pound apothecaries' (lb ap)
= 96 drams apothecaries'
= 288 scruples
= 5,760 grains
   
Troy Weight  
24 grains 1 pennyweight
20 pennyweights 1 ounce troy (oz t) = 480 grains
12 ounces troy 1 pound troy (lb t)
= 240 pennyweights
= 5,760 grains
   
Avoirdupois Weight  
2711/32 grains 1 dram (dr)
16 drams 1 oz, 4371/2 grains
16 ounces 1 lb, 256 drams, 7,000 grains
100 pounds 1 hundredweight (cwt)1
20 hundredweights 1 ton (tn), 2,000 lbs1
112 pounds 1 gross or long cwt1

 

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