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Weight = Mass x Acceleration due to gravity.

Example:

A 2.5 kg board at sea level.

Weight = 2.5kg x 9.8m/s/s = 24.5 N

A confusion here is the use of Newtons (N). Outside of science you may not often see the metric unit of force. Scales will read kilograms (kg) instead. This is actually incorrect. Scales cannot measure mass, only force. However, they assume that you are standing at sea level and convert to kilograms.

The Hard Way

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Use Newton's gravitational equation with one mass being the mass of earth. Do not forget that r = distance from object to the center of the earth.

F = (G*m1*m2) / r^2

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Weight = mass x gravity.

Example calculation with SI units: Weight of an object of a mass of one ton (1000 kilograms)?

1000 kilogram x 9.8 meter/second2 = 9800 Newton.

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