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What unit do you use to measure the mass of a parcel?

Grams is the SI unit for weight


What unit do you use to measure weight or mass?

weight or mass is measured in kg, g. Mg can also be used.


What metric unit would you use to measure the mass of your weight?

Mass is measured in kilograms.


What metric unit do you use to weigh a math book?

The metric (SI) unit for weight is the newton, since weight is a force. When people talk about "weight", they sometimes actually mean "mass". The unit for mass is the kilogram.


What is the SI units for weight?

Weight is measured in newtons.The S.I Unit for weight is Newton.Newton.The SI unit for weight, which is a force on a mass, due to gravity, is the newton. The terminology is tricky, though. Many people use the terms weight and mass interchangeably. The SI unit for mass is the kilogram.Newton.The SI unit for weight, which is a force on a mass, due to gravity, is the newton. The terminology is tricky, though. Many people use the terms weight and mass interchangeably. The SI unit for mass is the kilogram.


What metric unit would you use for your weight?

Kilogram is a measure of mass but in common parlance "weight" is used to mean "mass" therefore one would normally use the kilogram. The difference between weight and mass is only important when you need to be scientifically rigorous. Then you would use Newtons which is the scientifically correct unit of weight.


The metric unit of weight is the?

The gram is a unit of mass, not weight. Weight is measured in newtons.Since a weight is a force, in the SI (International System) it is measured in newtons.You may be looking for the unit of mass (since people tend to confuse mass and weight); the SI unit of mass is the kilogram.


What is the unit of metric?

The gram is a unit of mass, not weight. Weight is measured in newtons.Since a weight is a force, in the SI (International System) it is measured in newtons.You may be looking for the unit of mass (since people tend to confuse mass and weight); the SI unit of mass is the kilogram.


What is the basic unit to use to measure weight?

Well weight is a force, and all forces' unit is Newton(N), unless you mean mass, who's SI unit is kg... :)


Is gram a quantity or a unit?

A unit, for measuring mass (or in imprecise language) weight.


What unit of measurement would you use to measure the weight of a sewing needle?

A millinewton. NOT a gram, which a measure of mass, not of weight.


What is the standard unit of measurement for weight?

grams Correction: The gram is a unit of mass, not weight. The kilogram, not the gram, is the base unit of mass. The SI unit for weight is the newton, but it's a derived unit calculated using mass and gravitational pull.