Monday, July 28, 2014

83.7 kg equals to how many grams?

83.7 kg equals to how many grams? Good Question!


This question could be answered easily, but I'll get in depth a little. We are using the metric system which is counted by 10s. The metric system consists of         Kilo Hecto Deki Unit Deci Centi Milli. To use the metric system you would of course need a unit. A unit can be meter, gram, seconds, any SI unit. SI unit means International System of Units. First of all you need your unit, which you gave us grams. Since Kg basically means Kilogram, and gram is unit. Start on unit and move to the left 3 times. Since Kilo is on the left of Gram 3 times, but since you swant to convert kilograms to grams you do the opposite!


K H D U D C M


To do the opposite you start on Kilogram and start moving it towards the left until you end up on grams [unit]. Landing on the unit you could how many you've just moved. Now you would move the decimal point on the number given to us towards how many time you've numbed to get to unit. 87.3 to 873 [1st decimal moved] to 8730 [second decimal moved] to 87,300 [last decimal moved. Answer]


The answer would be 87,300 grams.


I have been taught a very good way to memorize the Metric System, and this may help you in the future. Since it's made up of Kilo Hecto Deki Unit Deci Centi and Milli. You could think of K H D U D C M. My science teacher taught me. King Henry Died Unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk. You take the first letter of the phrase and you'll get K H D U D C M. Now it's easy since you can just think of what is on the list and name it. I got confused with where the deki and deci go every single time but soon I just got use to it.


I hope this answers your question. Also I hope you find my trick very useful!

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