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Apr 30, 2008, 06:01 PM
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Kilograms and grams
Does anyone know how many grams are in 232.5 kilograms?
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Uber Member
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Apr 30, 2008, 07:33 PM
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Judging from your posts, I think you need a lesson in dimensional analysis.
If you have a unit that you want to convert and you know a few conversions like:
12 in = 1 foot
3 feet = 1 yard
and you need to convert 6 inches to yards, write the conversions so that the units cancel.
e.g.
6 inches X 1 foot... X 1 yard
... ______... _____
... 12 inches... 3 feet
When you cancel units, the unit on top cancels with the one on the bottom,
you get 6 inches = (6/(12*3)) yards.
Hint for your problem: 1000 g = 1 kg
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Expert
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Apr 30, 2008, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by KeepItSimpleStupid
Judging from your posts, I think you need a lesson in dimensional analysis.
Oh how I hate dimensional analysis!! So confusing.
If you know that there are 1000 g in a kg than multiply your kg by 1000, voilą, it's that easy.
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Ultra Member
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Jan 26, 2009, 05:50 PM
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The definition of a kilogram is:-
Kilogram means 1,000 grams.
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Jan 26, 2009, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ally123
does anyone know how many grams are in 232.5 kilograms?
The 232.5 notation means 232½
1 Kg = 1000 grams or 1 000 gram, not 1.000 grams (which means 1 gram)
So 232.5 Kg = 232½ Kg = 232500 grams or 232 500 grams.
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Junior Member
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Jan 27, 2009, 03:56 AM
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1 kg = 1000gms. Or let's say 1 gm = .0001 kg.. Now you can calculate
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Jan 27, 2009, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by juhi2011
1 kg = 1000gms. or let's say 1 gm = .0001 kg.. now you can calculate
Incorrect : 1 gm = .0001 kg? No. 1 gm = .001 kg (better written as 0,001 kg).
Kilo means thousand, and in the case of a kilogram it means thousand grams.
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Junior Member
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Jan 27, 2009, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by sarnian
Incorrect : 1 gm = .0001 kg? No. 1 gm = .001 kg (better written as 0,001 kg).
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He is correct , mistakenly it was written as .0001... sorry!
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Expert
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Jan 27, 2009, 10:04 PM
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As this thread is almost a year old, it is now closed.
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