Weights of Things
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20 pounds, the equivalent of 9.07 kilograms, is pretty heavy to lift using a single hand. Unless you’re built like the Rock, that is.

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100 pounds might sound like a lot. Seeing as how the weight of the average healthy 5-foot-9 person is as light as 125 pounds, it really puts 100 pounds into perspective. In this article, I’m going to help you figure out how 100 pounds feels like without a scale.

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200 grams is about the same as 7.05 ounces or 0.44 pounds. As you can see, 200 grams is as light as a feather, figuratively speaking. Seeing as how a feather weighs just 0.0082 grams, it would take about 2,439 of them to literally weigh 200 grams.

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20 grams hardly feels like anything. In imperial units, 20 grams is equivalent to 0.705 ounces, which is the same as 0.044 pounds.

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Three pounds isn’t very heavy at all. It’s merely 48 ounces or 1.36 kilograms in metric terms. Guessing how much three pounds weighs without a reference can be a challenge. This is why I would like to share with you nine objects that are close to or exactly three pounds.

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1,000 pounds is the same as half a ton and about 454 kilograms. Needless to say, 1,000 pounds is quite heavy. It can be nearly impossible to gauge how much 1,000 pounds weighs just by looking at a large object. In fact, even if you had a scale on hand, lifting a 1,000-pound object would be downright impossible.

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To get a better idea of how much 10 grams is we have put together a list of some common items that all weigh 10 grams. This will help you estimate the weight of something when you don’t have access to a weighing scale.

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Two kilograms is the equivalent of 4.4 pounds or 70.5 ounces using the Standard Imperial System. Estimating two kilograms for anyone who isn’t used to the metric system may be a challenge, but if you use everyday objects as a reference

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5 kg is a standard weight for many products, from household items to packed vegetables and groceries. Equivalent to 5000 gms or 11.023 lbs, it may not be easy to judge the weight without a weighing scale.

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Well, 50 lbs is not an extraordinary weight, and many items can be easily found as a reference or ball-point to the number. 50 lbs are equivalent to 22.67kgs or 800 ounces.

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100 pennies would weigh 0.55 pounds. That is the same as 8.8 ounces.

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If you want to know what 500 grams would feel like in your hands, consider these items that all weigh in the region of 500 grams.