What is 42000mg in Tonnes?

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What is 42000 Milligrams (42000mg) in Tonnes (t)?

What is 42000mg in t? Convert 42000 Milligrams (42000mg) to Tonnes (t) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Milligrams to Tonnes

Formula
t = mg / 1000000000
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Tonnes, divide the number of Milligrams by 1000 million
Milligrams (mg) in 1 Tonne
There are 1000000000 Milligrams in 1 Tonne
Tonnes (t) in 1 Milligram
There are 0 Tonnes in 1 Milligram

Unit Information

Milligram
/ˈmɪlɪɡram/
Symbol: mg
Unit System: SI

What is the Milligram?

The milligram is a unit of mass (acceptable for use as weight on Earth) and is a submultiple of an SI base unit with the symbol mg.

1 milligram is equal to 0.001 g or 1/1000 g (one thousandth of a gram).

There exists 2 submultiples between mg and g - namely the decigram and the centigram but these are not commonly used in everyday life. The milligram is commonly used when expressing parts of a gram; especially in medicine applications.

A mosquito weighs about 2.5 mg, as does a grain of sand.

Tonne
/tʌn/
Symbol: t
Unit System: Non-SI Metric

What is the Tonne?

The tonne is a unit of mass (acceptable for use as weight on Earth) and is a non-SI metric unit. It has the symbol t.

1 tonne is equal to 1000 kg. In the US it is called a metric ton (to avoid confusion with other similarly named units like the short ton, the long ton and the register ton. It is equal to approximately 2204.6 lbs.

Tonne is the correct spelling in England and France although ton is acceptable across the world. Before the establishment as an SI-derivative (or metrication), the ton (or imperial ton) was equal to 2240 avoirdupois pounds (or 20 hundredweight). This is only 16 kg different from the up to date (metric) tonne as we know it today.

A car weighs about a tonne.


Conversion Tables for Milligrams (mg) to Tonnes (t)