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Solution to
The following shows a conversion chart for changing from the U.S.
Frame 4-33.
Customary System of weights to metric units (values are approximate).
a. gold
1 grain = 64.8 milligrams
b. iron
1 ounce = 28.4 grams
1 pound = 454 grams or 0.454 kilograms
1 hundredweight = 100 pounds = 45.4 kilograms
1 ton = 20 hundredweight = 907 kilograms = 0.907 metric tons
Convert the following U.S. weights to metric units (round to nearest
tenth).
a. 3 pounds = about ____________ grams
b. 7 pounds = about ____________ kilograms
c. 3 ounces = about ____________ grams
d. 7.5 tons (short) = about ____________ metric tons
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