WEIGHT CONVERSIONS –
METRIC/IMPERIAL
When using recipes you should never mix
measurements. As this is not an exact science, you should always stick to either the
metric or imperial quantities for ingredients.
Here are some useful conversion charts
for Metric and Imperial followed by the formulae for converting between
the two.
METRIC |
UNIT |
|
METRIC
EQUIVALENT |
|
IMPERIAL EQUIVALENT |
1 milligram (mg) |
= |
|
= |
0.0154 grain |
| 1 gram (g)
|
= |
1000 mg |
= |
0.0353
ounces |
1 kilogram (kg) |
= |
1000 g |
= |
2.2046
pounds |
1 tonne (t) |
= |
1000 kg |
= |
0.9842 ton |
IMPERIAL |
UNIT |
|
IMPERIAL
EQUIVALENT |
|
METRIC
EQUIVALENT |
1 ounce (oz) |
= |
437.5 grains |
= |
28.350 g |
1 pound (lb) |
= |
16 ounces |
= |
0.4536 kg |
1 stone (st) |
= |
14 pounds |
= |
6.3503 kg |
1 hundredweight (cwt) |
= |
112 pounds |
= |
50.802 kg |
1 ton |
= |
20 cwt/2240 lbs. |
= |
1.0161 tonnes |
CONVERSIONS
TO
CONVERT |
MULTIPLY
BY |
Grams
to ounces |
0.0353 |
Grams
to pounds |
0.0022 |
Kilograms
to pounds |
2.2046 |
Kilograms
to tons |
0.00098 |
Tonnes
to tons |
0.9842 |
| |
|
Ounces
to grams |
28.35 |
Pounds
to grams |
453.592 |
Pounds
to kilograms |
0.4536 |
Tons
to kilograms |
1016.05 |
Tons
to tonnes |
1.016 |
|
