Convert one megagram to short tons

Explanation

To convert one megagram to short tons all we need is to know the conversion factor and we are done. Luckily, we can compute that factor using the units' definitions below.

We find that one megagram is approximately equal to 1.1023 short tons.

Formula

1 Mg ≈ 1.1023 st

megagramsMg

dimension	mass
system	International system of units (SI)
symbol	Mg

The megagram (Mg) is a unit of mass in the International System of Units.

Definition of the megagram

One megagram is equal to 1000 kilograms.

Equivalences

One megagram is equivalent to:

Some Facts

The elephant is the largest land animal with a mass between 5.2 and 6.9 megagrams.
Blue whales are the largest animal known to have ever existed. The male and female individuals of the largest subspecies, the Antarctic blue whale, weigh 112 megagrams and 130 megagrams respectively on average.

Prefix

mega

10⁶

The prefix mega- comes from the ancient Greek mégas meaning great. The associated multiplicative factor is 1 000 000 or 10⁶.

SI Mass Units

nanogram	ng	0.000000001
microgram	µg	0.000001
milligram	mg	0.001
gram	g	1
kilogram	kg	1000
megagram	Mg	1000000

The International System of Units

The International System of Units or SI (from the French Système international (d'unité)), also called metric system in the U.S., is a coherent system of units that was published 1960. It is official in nearly every country.

The General Conference on Weights and Measures (Conférence générale des poids et mesures) is tasked with overseeing the SI.

short tonsst

dimension	mass
symbol	st

The short ton (st) is a unit of mass in the international mass and length units.

Definition of the short ton

One short ton is equal to 2000 pounds.

NIST Handbook 44 Specifications: Appendix C

Value in terms of the SI

One short ton is equal to 907.18474 kilograms.

History

Traditionally equal to 20 hundredweight. The short ton is 20 short hundredweight or 2000 pounds.

International Mass Units

grain	gr
dram	dr	27¹¹⁄₃₂ grains
ounce	oz	16 drams
pound	lb	16 ounces
stone*	st	14 pounds
quarter*	qr	2 stones
short hundredweight^†	cwt	100 pounds
long hundredweight*	cwt	4 quarters
short ton^†	st	20 short hundredweight
long ton*	lt	20 long hundredweight

* specific to the United Kingdom

^† specific to the United States of America

The International Mass and Length Units

The International Mass and Length Units are units based on the international yard and the international pound.

They were created in 1959 when Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States of America agreed upon a common definition of the yard and the pound.