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Imagine holding a tiny paperclip in one hand and a big bag of sugar in the other.
They both have weight, but we use two different units to measure them: grams and kilograms.
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A gram (written as g) measures super light things, while a kilogram (written as kg) measures heavier things.
The secret to swapping between them is the magic number 1,000, because exactly 1,000 grams fit inside 1 kilogram.
How do we find out how many grams are in 3 whole kilograms of apples?
Changing Kilograms to Grams
To change from big kilograms to small grams, we multiply by 1,000.
Because each kilogram has 1,000 grams inside, 3 kilograms gives us 3ร1,000=3,000ย g.
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What if a box of toys is marked as 5,000 grams โ how many kilograms is that?
Changing Grams to Kilograms
To go backward from grams to kilograms, we do the opposite: we divide by 1,000.