Metric System
10 milligrams (mg) 1 centigram (cg)
10 centigrams 1 decigram (dg) = 100 milligrams
10 decigrams 1 gram (g) = 1,000 milligrams
10 grams 1 dekagram (dag)
10 dekagrams 1 hectogram (hg) = 100 grams
10 hectograms 1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams
1,000 kilograms 1 metric ton (t)
U.S. System
2711/32 grains 1 dram (dr)
16 drams 1 oz = 4371/2 grains
16 ounces 1 lb = 256 drams = 7,000 grains
100 pounds 1 hundredweight (cwt)1
20 hundredweights 1 ton (tn) = 2,000 lbs