Either one! It depends what you multiply or divide BY!
To go from kilograms to grams: MULTIPLY BY 1000 (or divide by .001!)
To go from grams to kilograms: DIVIDE BY 1000 (or multiply by .001)
The factor is 1000. Since kilogram is the greater unit, you divide. In general, you can use the following procedure for unit conversion, to avoid doing the wrong operation - in the case of grams and kilograms:
Of course you have to know that 1 kilogram = 1000 grams. What you do is multiply the measurement by 1, as follows:
200 grams x (1 kilogram / 1000 grams) = 0.2 kilograms (the "grams" cancel).
If you do it the other way:
200 grams x (1000 grams / 1 kilogram) = 200,000 square grams / kilogram (The units don't cancel; the result is "technical correct, but completely useless", so you have to do it the other way round.)
Of course you multiply.
As an example, the larger unit could be kilometer (that equal 1000 meter-the smaller unit); then
2 km (larger unit) = 2 x 1000 = 2000 meters (smaller unit)
divide
1 kg = 1000 grams
1 gram = 0.001 kg
There are 1000 grams to a kilogram. Kilo means 1000 so kilogram is 1000 grams.
That something is kilograms. For example, 5000 grams is equal to 5000/1000 = 5 kilograms.
when i change gram to centrigram i done multiple
To change kilograms to grams, multiply by 1000.
1 kilogram = 1000 grams
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105.3 g = 0.1053 kgTo convert from g to kg, divide by 1000.
To convert from grams to kilograms, divide the given value by 1000. To convert from kilograms to grams, multiply the given value by 1000.
Mutliply grams by 1,000. (1 gram = 1000mg)
There are 1000 grams in a kilogram. Therefore, 70 grams is equal to 70/1000 = 0.07 kilograms.
12 g = 0.012 kg To convert from g to kg, divide by 1000.
Divide by 1000.
Divide by 1000
Divide by 1000.
Divide by 1000. So 16 / 1000 = 0.016 grams.
Divide by 1000 to convert from milligrams to grams =3000/1000 grams = 3 grams
Divide by 1000 to convert grams into kilograms
105.3 g = 0.1053 kgTo convert from g to kg, divide by 1000.
1000 milligrams is equal to 1 gram, therefore 2.8 grams is equal to 2800 milligrams. To convert from grams to milligrams multiply by 1000, and to convert milligrams to grams divide by 1000.
Divide by 1000, as there are 1000 grams in a kilogram. So it is 0.00576 kilograms.
Divide by 1000 to convert grams to kilograms. Then multiply by 2.2046 to convert kg to pounds.
Divide the number in kilograms by 1000.
There are 1000 milligrams in a gram. To convert, divide by 1000. 8.52 / 1000 is 0.00852 grams.