Metric Measurements
& International Symbols
g
gram
m: milli g: gram mc: micro l: liter
1 gram 1 milligram = 0.001 gram = 0.001 g
1 milligram
1 mg
1/1000 gram
one-thousandth gram
1 gram 1 microgram = 0.000001 gram = 0.000001 g
1 microgram
1 mcg
1/1000000 gram
one-millionth gram
grams
serve size
Total Fat
Sodium
Carbs
Sugar
Protien
Iron
Potassium
Calcium
Vitamin D
grams
grams
grams
grams
grams
grams
grams
grams
grams
adjective
noun
amount
unit
milli
gram
mg
microgram
mcg or μg
milliliter
ml or mL
microwatt
μW
kilowatt
kW
megawatt
MW
blue
sky
megawatt
gigawatt
terawatt
MW
GW
TW
Canada provided the USA 27,220,531 MWh (megawatt hours = millions of watts) of electricity in 2024.
27,220,531,000,000. watts
27,220,531,000 kilowatts kW
27,220,531 megawatts MW
27,220.531 gigawatts GW
27.220531 terawatts TW










Customary vs. Metric
Inches, Feet, Yards, Miles...DISTANCE...Meters
Fluid Ounces, Cups, Pints, Quarts, Gallons...VOLUME...Liters
Ounces, Pounds, Tons...MASS...Grams
Fahrenheit...TEMPERATURE...Celcius
Mills Thousandths






















ten-thousandth












































hundred-thousandth
one-thousandth
hundredth


tenth
The USA has no mill coins, but Palestine had mill coins which are pictured here.




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10 hundred-thousandth = 1 ten-thousandth.
10 ten-thousandth = 1 thousandth.
10 thousandth = 1 hundredth.
10 hundredth is 1 tenth.
10 dimes = 1 dollar
10 cents = 1 dime
10 mills = 1 cent
10 ten-mills = 1 mill
10 hundred-mills = 1 ten-mill
10
.001
.002
.003
.004
.005
.006
.007
.008
.009
.010
.0001
.0002
.0003
.0004
.0005
.0006
.0007
.0008
.0009
.0010
.00001
.00002
.00003
.00004
.00005
.00006
.00007
.00008
.00009
.00010
Decimal Form of Thousandths:
1 m
2 m
5 m
3 m
4 m
6 m
7 m
8 m
9 m
10 m
.1 m
.2 m
.01 m
.6 m
.4 m
.5 m
.3 m
.7 m
.8 m
.9 m
1.0 m
.02 m
.03 m
.04 m
.05 m
.06 m
.07 m
.08 m
.09 m
.10 m
International System Form with SI Symbol m for milli- meaning thousandths. SI symbols are used in the metric system.
1/1000
2/1000
3/1000
4/1000
5/1000
6/1000
7/1000
8/1000
9/1000
10/1000
1/10000
2/10000
3/10000
4/10000
5/10000
6/10000
7/10000
8/10000
9/10000
10/10000
4/10000
1/100000
2/100000
3/100000
4/100000
5/100000
6/100000
7/100000
8/100000
9/100000
10/100000
Fraction Form of Thousandths (no commas are in the denominator). 1 whole is divided into a thousand equal parts:
thousandth
two-thousandth
three-thousandth
four-thousandth
five-thousandth
six-thousandth
seven-thousandth
eight-thousandth
nine-thousandth
ten-thousandth
one-ten-thousandth
one-hundred-thousandth
two-ten-thousandth
three-ten-thousandth
four-ten-thousandth
five-ten-thousandth
six-ten-thousandth
seven-ten-thousandth
eight-ten-thousandth
nine-ten-thousandth
ten-ten-thousandth
two-hundred-thousandth
three-hundred-thousandth
four-hundred-thousandth
five-hundred-thousandth
six-hundred-thousandth
seven-hundred-thousandth
eight-hundred-thousandth
nine-hundred-thousandth
ten-hundred-thousandth
Word Form of Thousandth (the th means divided by a thousand). The hyphen between the numerator and denominator is the bar in the fraction. Example:
1/1000 = one-thousandth