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  2. Orders of magnitude (mass) - Wikipedia

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    The tonne (t) is an SI-compatible unit of mass equal to a megagram ( Mg ), or 10 3 kg. The unit is in common use for masses above about 10 3 kg and is often used with SI prefixes. For example, a gigagram ( Gg) or 10 9 g is 10 3 tonnes, commonly called a kilotonne .

  3. Tola (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The tola ( Hindi: तोला / Urdu: تولا, romanized : tolā; also transliterated as tolah or tole) is a traditional Ancient Indian and South Asian unit of mass, now standardised as 180 grains ( 11.6638038 grams) or exactly 3⁄8 troy ounce. It was the base unit of mass in the British Indian system of weights and measures introduced in ...

  4. Wheat and chessboard problem - Wikipedia

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    The problem may be solved using simple addition. With 64 squares on a chessboard, if the number of grains doubles on successive squares, then the sum of grains on all 64 squares is: 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + ... and so forth for the 64 squares. The total number of grains can be shown to be 2 64 −1 or 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 (eighteen quintillion ...

  5. Indian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    80 tola s = 1 ser (= 870.89816 gram) 40 sers = 1 maund (= 34 kg 8 hg 3 dag 5g 9 dg 2.6 cg /34.835926 kilograms) 1 rattī = 1.75 grains (= 0.11339825 gram/113 milligrams 398 1/4 micrograms 4 attograms ) (1 grain = 0.064799 gram) From 1833 the rupee and tolā weight was fixed at 180 grains, i.e. 11.66382 grams. Hence the weight of 1 maund ...

  6. Omer (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Omer (unit) Sheaves of wheat: one sheaf is approximately one omer in dry volume. The omer ( Hebrew: עֹ֫מֶר ‘ōmer) is an ancient Israelite unit of dry measure used in the era of the Temple in Jerusalem and also known as an isaron. [ 1] It is used in the Bible as an ancient unit of volume for grains and dry commodities, and the Torah ...

  7. Microgram - Wikipedia

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    In the metric system, a microgram or microgramme is a unit of mass equal to one millionth ( 1 × 10−6) of a gram. The unit symbol is μg according to the International System of Units (SI); the recommended symbol in the United States and United Kingdom when communicating medical information is mcg. In μg, the prefix symbol for micro- is the ...

  8. Order of magnitude - Wikipedia

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    An order-of-magnitude estimate of a variable, whose precise value is unknown, is an estimate rounded to the nearest power of ten. For example, an order-of-magnitude estimate for a variable between about 3 billion and 30 billion (such as the human population of the Earth) is 10 billion. To round a number to its nearest order of magnitude, one ...

  9. Stone (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The stone or stone weight (abbreviation: st.) [ 1] is an English and British imperial unit of mass equal to 14 avoirdupois pounds (6.35 kg). [ nb 1] The stone continues in customary use in the United Kingdom and Ireland for body weight . England and other Germanic -speaking countries of Northern Europe formerly used various standardised "stones ...