What is bigger, g or kilogram?
If you weigh something in g and again in kg, the answer in g is 1000 times bigger. , Analytical chemist, computer programmer, ketogenic, atheist. Originally Answered: What is larger kilogram or gram? The prefix kilo means 1000 so a kilogram is 1000grams.
How many grams are in a kilogram?
A kilogram, or kg, is exactly by definition equal to 1000 grams. (kilo means 1000). Conversely, a milligram, or mg, is exactly by definition equal to 1/1000 of a gram. (milli means 1/1000 or one thousandth) Further, into the 1/1,000,000 or one millionth range, the micro means 1/1,000 of a milligram.
What does 1000 grams mean?
kilogram means 1000 grams. milligram means 1/1000 gram. Don’t struggle with metric, there’s only 10 things to know everyday metric! And it’s much like our money in the US. gram - mass (like weight), 1000 gram (kilogram) is like 2 pounds, liter - volume, amost exactly a quart. meter - think yardstick.
What is a mega kilo?
The definition of “mega” is “a million”, which is “kilo times kilo” or “kilo squared”, depending on your definition of “kilo”. Outside of the computer world, kilo = 1000 and “kilo squared” is “1000 ^ 2”, which evaluates to 1,000,000.
How to find mass per length?
A: mass per length grows in a straight line: twice the length, twice the mass. Masses arranged in a square grow as the square of the length of a side. Masses arranged in a cube grow as the cube of the length of a side. So we have a row a hundred units long, of unit weight 100 times heavier.