How do you convert 6g to kg?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-11T02:30:48

$6 g$ $"6 g"$ $=$ $=$ $0.006 kg$ $"0.006 kg"$ or $6 \times 10^{- 3} kg$ $6xx10^(-3)"kg"$

Determine the relationship between grams and kilograms. Determine the two conversion factors.

Relationship

$1 kg = 1000 g$ $"1 kg"="1000 g"$

Conversion factors.

$\frac{1 kg}{1000 g}$ $"1 kg"/"1000 g"$ and $\frac{1000 g}{1 kg}$ $"1000 g"/"1 kg"$

Multiply the given number of grams by the conversion factor that has the desired unit in the numerator .

$6 cancel"g"xx(1 "kg")/(1000 cancel"g")="0.006 kg"=6xx10^(-3)"kg"$