Cookbook:Kilogram
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The kilogram or kilogramme (old BE), or kilo, abbreviated kg, is a unit of weight. It is equal to 1000 g or 2 1⁄5 (2.2) lbs. One liter of pure water weighs one kilogram. As many recipes have been approximately converted from one system to another, a similarly approximate conversion back may yield the original recipe.
| Kilograms | US customary measure | |
|---|---|---|
| Pounds (lb) | Ounces (oz) | |
| .025 | ~1 | |
| .028409 | 1 | |
| .03 | ~1 | |
| .05 | ~2 | |
| .05681 | 2 | |
| .06 | ~2 | |
| .075 | ~3 | |
| .085227 | 3 | |
| .09 | ~3 | |
| .1 | ~1⁄4 | ~4 |
| .11363 | 1⁄4 | 4 |
| .12 | ~1⁄4 | ~4 |
| .125 | ~1⁄4 | ~4 |
| .125 | 11⁄40 (0.275) | |
| .15 | ~1⁄3 | |
| .15 | 1⁄3 | |
| .225 | ~1⁄2 | |
| .227 | 1⁄2 | |
| .25 | 11⁄20 (0.55) | |
| .27 | 2⁄3 | |
| .3 | ~2⁄3 | |
| .45 | ~1 | |
| .45 | 1 | |
| .5 | ~1 | |
| .5 | 1 1⁄10 (1.1) | |
| .9 | ~2 | |
| .90 | 2 | |
| 1 | ~2 | |
| 1 | 2 1⁄5 (2.2) | 35 1⁄5 (35.2) |
| 1 | ~2.203125 | ~35 1⁄4 (35.25) |
| 1 | ~2 1⁄4 (2.25) | |
| 1.00142045 | 2 13⁄64 (2.203125) | 35 1⁄4 (35.25) |
| 1.0227 | 2 1⁄4 (2.25) | |
Note
[edit | edit source]- Although sometimes disregarded, especially by Anglophones, the rules of the Société Internationale (SI), state that metric abbreviations, except M for Mega or Million to distinguish from m for mili or thousandth, should never be capitalized. It should always be written "kg", never "Kg".