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A hundredweight is a unit of mass. In the United Kingdom it is equal to 112 pounds, and in the United States it is equal to 100 pounds.
It is illegal in the United Kingdom to refer to a hundredweight as a mass of 100 pounds.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoA hundredweight in Britain is 112 pounds - this comes from the 'stone' a British weight of 14 pounds. 8 stone is a 'hundredweight'. In somewhat more logical form a hundredweight in USA is 100 pounds.
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∙ 9y agoa unit of weight equal to one twentieth of a ton
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∙ 13y agolong hundred weight is 112lbs
short hundred weight is 100lbs (US only)
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1 hundredweight equals in pounds?
One hundredweight = 112 pounds.
How heavy is four hundred weight?
Ill just post this from wikipediaThe hundredweight or centum weight (abbreviated cwt) is a unit of mass defined in terms of the pound (lb). The definition used in Britain differs from that used in North America. The two are distinguished by the terms long hundredweight and short hundredweight:The long hundredweight is defined as 112 lb, which is equal to 50.802345 kg.[1] This is the definition used in the imperial systemThe short hundredweight is defined as 100 lb, which is equal to 45.359237 kg.[2] This is the definition used in the US customary system. This is also the usual hundredweight in Canada. The short hundredweight is also called a cental, especially in places which normally use the long hundredweight.Under both conventions, there are twenty hundredweight in a ton, the long ton being 2,240 lb and the short ton being 2,000 lb.
How many pounds are in a hundredweight?
A hundredweight is a measurement used in Imperial weight tables and is equal to 112 pounds.
How many kilograms are in a hundredweight?
Rounded to two decimal places, one hundredweight is equal to 50.80 kilograms.
What does four hundredweight equal in kilos?
400 kilograms = 881.8 pounds.
How many pounds equal one cwt in hundredweight?
cwt is the abbreviation for a hundredweight. 112 pounds = 1 cwt
What does the abbreviation cwt stand for?
The abbreviation cwt stands for hundredweight. Unfortunately there are two different definitions of a hundredweight. In the United Kingdom, where it has been replaced by the metric system, a hundredweight is 112 pounds, or 8 stone. In the United States, it is 100 pounds.
How many pounds in a hundredweight?
100. lbs
How many gallons of milk in a hundredweight?
11.6
What those the cwt stands for?
Cwt is the abbreviation for the old measure of weight known as a Hundredweight or 112 pounds(lbs) ====================== 112 pounds is a LONG hundredweight
What is 20 equals H in a T?
Hundredweight in a Ton
How many hundredweight are equivalent to 1 ton?
20....
