Kilopound (abbreviation: kips): is a unit of force, equivalent to 1000 pounds (lb) which is used in some systems of measurement including English Engineering units and the British Gravitational System. Also, it is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement.
Gram (abbreviation: gm): is a SI (metric) system unit of mass. Where, at the temperature of melting ice, it is the absolute weight of a volume equal to the hundredth part of a metre cube of pure water.
How to Convert Kilopounds to Grams
Example: How many grams are equivalent to 23.18 kilopounds?
As;
1 kilopounds = 453592.90943564 grams
23.18 kilopounds = Y grams
Assuming Y is the answer, and by criss-cross principle;
Y equals 23.18 times 453592.90943564 over 1
(i.e.) Y = 23.18 * 453592.90943564 / 1 = 10514283.640718 grams
Answer is: 10514283.640718 grams are equivalent to 23.18 kilopounds.
Practice Question: Convert the following units into gm:
N.B.: After working out the answer to each of the next questions, click adjacent button to see the correct answer.
( i ) 26.78 kips
( ii ) 95.87 kips
( iii ) 26.61 kips
