UNIT QUANTITY CONVERSIONS
Use the calculator below for quick mathematical conversions between various of units of quantity (either by Weight or Volume).
(e.g. for working with prescription doses, stock management, container/scoop sizes, general understanding, etc.)
1. Select your desired Units from the dropdown.
2. Enter a quantity value in the Amount field
3. Watch conversion to equivalent values in all other major units displayed on the right.
Note:
The Units are listed smallest to largest.
You can hover over each unit symbol to see it’s full name.
Quick Reference:
1,000 mcg = 1 mg = 0.001 g
100,000 mcg = 100 mg = 0.100 g
1,000,000 mcg = 1,000 mg = 1.0 g
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The ‘Weight of The Material’
(e.g. For Measuring Quantities of Dry Powder Ingredients)
Volume = The ‘Space Occupied’
(e.g. For Measuring Quantities of Liquid, or the Capacity of Containers & Scoops)
FURTHER REFERENCE
Metric Prefixes
Base 10 | Multiplication Factors | Prefix | Symbol | Short Scale Name |
---|---|---|---|---|
(used in USA, Canada, UK, Australia, South Africa) | ||||
1015 | 1,000,000,000,000,000 | peta | P | (Quadrillion) |
1012 | 1,000,000,000,000 | tera | T | (Trillion) |
109 | 1,000,000,000 | giga | G | (Billion) |
106 | 1,000,000 | mega | M | (Million) |
103 | 1,000 | kilo | k | (Thousand) |
102 | 100 | hecto | h | (Hundred) |
10 | 10 | deka | da | (Ten) |
1 | 1 | One | ||
10-1 | 0.1 | deci | d | (tenth) |
10-2 | 0.01 | centi | c | (hundredth) |
10-3 | 0.001 | milli | m | (thousandth) |
10-6 | 0.000 001 | micro | μ | (millionth) |
10-9 | 0.000 000 001 | nano | n | (billionth) |
10-12 | 0.000 000 000 001 | pico | p | (trillionth) |