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Mass

When mass (the weight of something) is being measured, the basic unit of measurement
is the kilogram.

1 kg = 1000 grams

Units of Mass

The gram is used to measure small weights.

A gram is one thousandth of a kilogram (0.001 kg). Things which might have a mass of
a single gram include items such as paperclip or a marble.

Representation of these units with their values is shown in following chart :

Standard
Higher units Lower units
units

Unit kg hg dag g dg cg mg

1 1 1
Value 1000 g 100 g 10 g 1 g g g g
10 100 1000

From the above given chart, we observe the following relationships.

1
1 kg = 1000 g 1 dg = g = 0.1 g
10

1
1 hg = 100 g 1 cg = g = 0.01 g
100

1
1 dag = 10 g 1 mg = g = 0.001 g
1000

Capacity

Liquids, salts or anything that can be poured into containers can be measured using
various containers. The volume of a container that is filled with a liquid or solid is often

called its capacity .

It is usually measured in units such as gallons, quarts, pints, cups, fluid ounces, litres

and millilitres.

Units of Capacity

« Millilitre (ml) is a metric unit used to measure the capacity of small containers.

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