Weight conversion metric and imperial, how to convert from one to the other

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

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