donut
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| posted on 4/6/08 at 10:16 AM |
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15cwt in kg's?
I'm no good at maths so whats 15cwt in Kg's?
Thanks
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 4/6/08 at 10:24 AM |
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20 cwt in a ton
1000 kg in a tonne
so 15 cwt is about 750 kg by my reckoning 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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iank
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| posted on 4/6/08 at 10:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
20 cwt in a ton
1000 kg in a tonne
so 15 cwt is about 750 kg by my reckoning
except a ton and a tonne are different.
1 US cwt is 100 lbs.
15 cwt is therefore 1500 lbs
So 680.388555 kilograms
1 UK cwt is 112 lbs
So 15 UK cwt is 762.035182kg
[Edited on 4/6/08 by iank]
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donut
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| posted on 4/6/08 at 10:30 AM |
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Lovely, thanx
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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britishtrident
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| posted on 4/6/08 at 10:34 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
20 cwt in a ton
1000 kg in a tonne
so 15 cwt is about 750 kg by my reckoning
except a ton and a tonne are different.
1 cwt is 100 lbs.
15 cwt is therefore 1500 lbs
So 680.388555 kilograms
[Edited on 4/6/08 by iank]
No ! mookaloid is correct !!!!!!
You are confusing "short tons" with Tons.
In the imperial system 1 cwt = 112 pound.
1 ton = 20 cwt
1 ton = 2240 lbs
15cwt = approx 750kg
[Edited on 4/6/08 by britishtrident]
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iank
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| posted on 4/6/08 at 10:37 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
20 cwt in a ton
1000 kg in a tonne
so 15 cwt is about 750 kg by my reckoning
except a ton and a tonne are different.
1 cwt is 100 lbs.
15 cwt is therefore 1500 lbs
So 680.388555 kilograms
[Edited on 4/6/08 by iank]
No ! mookaloid is correct !!!!!!
You are confusing "short tons" with Tons.
In the imperial system 1 cwt = 112 pound.
1 ton = 20 cwt
1 ton = 2240 lbs
15cwt = approx 750kg
[Edited on 4/6/08 by britishtrident]
I've updated with the UK cwt 
And I'm not confused as tonnes and (short) tons are different
1 tonne = 1.10231131 short tons
[Edited on 4/6/08 by iank]
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mcerd1
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| posted on 4/6/08 at 12:24 PM |
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what they said ^^^
just for info:
Imperial
16 oz = 1 lb
14 lb = 1 stone
8 stone = 1 cwt
20 cwt = 1 Ton
trust the americans to make thing harder - epecially when they call there units 'English' 
'Imperial' Ton (UK / long) = 1016 kg
'English' Ton (US / short) = 907kg
[Edited on 4/6/08 by mcerd1]
[Edited on 4/6/08 by mcerd1]
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Phil.J
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| posted on 4/6/08 at 12:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
what they said ^^^
just for info:
Imperial
16 oz = 1 lb
14 lb = 1 stone
8 stone = 1 cwt
10 cwt = 1 Ton
trust the americans to make thing harder - epecially when they call there units 'English'
'Imperial' Ton (UK / long) = 1016 kg
'English' Ton (US / short) = 907kg
[Edited on 4/6/08 by mcerd1]
Er..... I think you will find it's 20cwt = 1 ton!
[Edited on 4/6/08 by Phil.J]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 4/6/08 at 12:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
what they said ^^^
just for info:
Imperial
16 oz = 1 lb
14 lb = 1 stone
8 stone = 1 cwt
20 cwt = 1 Ton
I just wish the government would pluck up courage, stop faffing around and make the full conversion to metric...
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trust the americans to make thing harder - epecially when they call there units 'English'
'Imperial' Ton (UK / long) = 1016 kg
'English' Ton (US / short) = 907kg
It's even funnier when newsreaders try to convert shipping tons into Kg, e.g. "A ship ran aground today of the coast of Cornwall. The
20,000 ton (2000,000Kg) ship..." Shipping tons are a measure of the ship's capacity to carry cargo, not its actual weight.
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Macbeast
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| posted on 4/6/08 at 01:25 PM |
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No it's not - shipping tons are the measure of the weight of water the ship displaces (when floating I suppose )
You could be thinking of tonnage.
Wish I liked popcorn more
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 4/6/08 at 01:55 PM |
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^^^^^
OK - fair point (I won't argue). It's what the BBC get wrong, anyway!
I've moved onto the hot-dogs... (don't like popcorn)
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mcerd1
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| posted on 4/6/08 at 03:50 PM |
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opps - sorted ^^^
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