One one-thousandth of a gram looks like mg, or milligram.
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One gram is equal to one gram.
1000. The prefix milli means "one thousandth of a" just like the prefix micro means "one millionth of a". So if a milligram is one thousandth of a gram the there are 1000 of them in one gram.
A milligram is one thousandth of a gram, which means it is 1000 times smaller than a whole gram. Think of it like a penny is to a dollar. It takes 100 pennies to make a dollar, so if you look at a penny from a dollar's point of view, a penny is .01 of a dollar and a dollar is 1.00. So 3.2 milligrams actually equals 3.2 one thousandths of a gram or .0032 of a whole gram (a tiny amount).
There is only 1 gram in one gram - whatever material you have.
One gram equals 1000 milligrams.