Actually, neither, but its weight is much closer to a gram than a kilogram. Remember, a kilo is the weight of one litre of water, and a penny is much, much lighter.
Actual weights:
US "penny" (really a cent) : 2.5 gm.
Canadian "penny" (again, a cent) : 2.35 gm
British penny : 3.56 gm
closer to gram
lots of kilograms
Which unit of measure would you use to measure the mass of a grape? Write gram or kilogram
A dime only weighs on gram roughly. A nickel weighs 4.5 grams. 1 kilogram (1kg) is 1000 g (grams). A paper clip weighs one gram also.
Kilogram.
gram
one gram roughly
A gram, as there are 1000 grams in a kilogram. A penny only weighs a few grams anyway.
kilogram
A gram.
The appropriate units is a kilogram.
one gram roughly
Kilogram
closer to gram
a kilogram I would start by using a scale, but I agree, Kilograms would be the most efficient of the two units of measure.
weigh the penny on a scale to the nearest gram
gram