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Smaller
Measurement from a tonne |
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1 kilogram
(1 kg)
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A thousand grams (1000
g)
is the mass of 1 kg (1
kilogram).
And 1 kilogram is simply written 1 kg
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Pronounced "KILL-oh-gram"
NOT "kill-AH-gram".
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Smaller
Measurement from a kilogram
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1 gram
(1 g)
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Remember that kilo
is the prefix
meaning 1000 times,
which only says that there are
1000 g (grams) in 1 kg
(kilogram)
and we simply write 1 g to represent
the mass of 1 gram.
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Smaller
Measurement from a gram
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1 milligram
(1 mg)
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Remember, milli
is the prefix meaning
1 one thousandth (0.001).
So, 1 one thousandth from the
unit of measurement gram
being 1 milligram,
is
simply written 1 mg.
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