Convert Grains to Centigrams
1 grain is 6.48 cg. One grain is exactly 6.479891 centigrams.
One grain is 6.479891 centigrams. To convert grains to centigrams, multiply by 6.479891; to go the other way, divide by 6.479891 or multiply by 0.15432358. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Handbook 44. Exactly 64.79891 milligrams, the unit both the avoirdupois and troy systems are built from.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Grains × 6.479891
1 * 6.4798916.48 cg
1 grain in every weight unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| ounces | 0.002285714286 oz | × 0.00228571428571 |
| pounds | 0.0001428571429 lb | × 0.000142857142857 |
| stone | 0.00001020408163 st | × 0.0000102040816327 |
| US tons | 0.00000007142857143 ton | × 0.0000000714285714286 |
| micrograms | 64,798.91 mcg | × 64,798.91 |
| milligrams | 64.79891 mg | × 64.79891 |
| centigrams | 6.479891 cg | × 6.479891 |
| grams | 0.06479891 g | × 0.06479891 |
| kilograms | 0.00006479891 kg | × 0.00006479891 |
| slugs | 0.000004440135739 slug | × 0.0000044401357388 |
| tonnes | 0.00000006479891 t | × 0.00000006479891 |
| carats | 0.32399455 ct | × 0.32399455 |
| troy ounces | 0.002083333333 ozt | × 0.00208333333333 |
| grains (as entered) | 1 gr | — |
| long tons | 0.0000000637755102 LT | × 0.0000000637755102041 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Handbook 44 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert grains to centigrams? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in grains.
- 2.Multiply by 6.479891 — that is how many centigrams fit in one grain.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 6.479891, or multiply by 0.15432358.
Worked example: 25 grains to centigrams
- Formula
- gr × 6.479891 = cg
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 6.479891 = 162 cg
- Answer
- 25 gr = 162 cg
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Grains to centigrams conversion table
| Grains | Centigrams |
|---|---|
| 1 gr | 6.48 cg |
| 2 gr | 12.96 cg |
| 3 gr | 19.44 cg |
| 4 gr | 25.92 cg |
| 5 gr | 32.4 cg |
| 6 gr | 38.88 cg |
| 7 gr | 45.36 cg |
| 8 gr | 51.84 cg |
| 9 gr | 58.32 cg |
| 10 gr | 64.8 cg |
| 12 gr | 77.76 cg |
| 15 gr | 97.2 cg |
| 20 gr | 129.6 cg |
| 25 gr | 162 cg |
| 50 gr | 323.99 cg |
| 100 gr | 647.99 cg |
| 200 gr | 1,295.98 cg |
| 300 gr | 1,943.97 cg |
| 500 gr | 3,239.95 cg |
| 1000 gr | 6,479.89 cg |
| 2000 gr | 12,959.78 cg |
| 5000 gr | 32,399.46 cg |
| 10000 gr | 64,798.91 cg |
What is a grain?
Exactly 64.79891 milligrams, the unit both the avoirdupois and troy systems are built from. Bullet weights and powder charges are still measured in it, and so are some pharmaceutical doses.
What is a centigram?
A hundredth of a gram, or ten milligrams. It survives mainly in pharmacology and in school exercises about metric prefixes.
How many centigrams are in a grain?
One grain is 6.479891 centigrams, exactly. Going the other way, one centigram is 0.15432358 grains. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every weight unit here
The whole group — 15 units with their symbols and the size of each one in kilograms — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a grain.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many centigrams are in a grain?
- 6.479891. A hundredth of a gram, or ten milligrams. It survives mainly in pharmacology and in school exercises about metric prefixes.
- How do I convert centigrams back to grains?
- Divide by 6.479891, or multiply by 0.15432358 — they are the same operation.
Other weight conversions
Centigrams to grains — the same conversion the other way.