Question

How many grams are in $2000mg?$

Answer 1

Hint: Here the grams and the mg which is the representation of milligrams both are the unit of weight. To convert from milligrams to grams we can make use of a formula given by $grams = milligram \times 0.001$ or $grams = \dfrac{{milligram}}{{1000}}$ . By substituting the value they have given in the question in place of milligram we can get the correct answer in terms of grams.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Gram and the milligram both are the unit of weight. Other than these we have kilograms, micrograms, nanograms and many more.
In order to represent gram we make use of a symbol ‘g’, whereas for milligram the symbol is ‘mg’.
Here they have asked us to convert milligram to gram.
To convert milligram to gram we can make use of the formula which is given by:
$grams = milligram \times 0.001$ this can also be written as
$grams = \dfrac{{milligram}}{{1000}}$ .
Now, to convert $2000$ milligram to grams, we need to substitute $2000$ in the place of milligram in any one of the above equations.
Therefore, on substitution we get
$grams = \dfrac{{2000}}{{1000}}$
So on simplifying the above expression, we get
$grams = 2$.
Therefore the $2000$ milligrams is equal to $2$ grams.

Note: Whenever they ask you to convert from one unit of weight to another unit of weight, first we need to know the conversion formula. If we do not know the conversion formula we are not able to get the correct answer. They may give only the symbol of the unit to confuse sometimes, so try to remember the symbols as well. If you know that $1$ gram is equal to $1000$ milligram then you can directly get the answer.