how many milligrams in a gram please?

Answer 1

One thousand. Milli means one thousandth.

Answer 2

milli means 1/1000 so there are 1000 milligrams in 1 gram

Answer 3

1000 milligrams in a gram simply the definition

Answer 4

1000 milligrams are in a gram. The prefix "milli-" comes from the Latin word for thousand.

Answer 5

Hi As Jean Ann mentioned Kilo Gram would be too big. Mili Gram will be too small. Gram would be right. 1 Ounce = 28 Grams ( Approximately ) so when you go fishing an ounce weight or 2 ounce weight might be good so Grams is good. Cheers Perso

Answer 6

smaller:
deci = 10 (10 decigrams in a gram)
centi = 100
milli = 1000
micro = 1 million (1 million micrograms in a gram)
nano = a thousand million (a billion in the USA)
pico= a million million (1,000,000,000,000 pg in 1 g)
femto= 1,000,000,000,000,000 (10^15)
atto = a million million million (million^3)

Bigger
Deca = 10 (10 metres in a Decametre (almost never used)
hecto =100 ( 1 hm)
kilo = 1000 (1 km = 1000 m)
(all higher symbols are written with upper case letters)
Mega (million)
Giga (milliard) (also called billion in many English speaking countries)
Tera = 10^12, a million million (what used to be the true billion)
Peta = 10^15. 1 Pt = 1,000,000,000,000,000 tonnes, sometimes used for mass of satellites in Solar system.
Exa = 10^18 (a million million million)

Answer 7

1000

Answer 8

1000

Answer 9

1000

Answer 10

1000

Answer 11

1000