| 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 | |