How heavy is 315 miligrams?
It's about two times as heavy as a Raindrop
The weight of a Raindrop is about 200 miligrams.
(a.k.a. drop, a.k.a. droplet) (average)
The weight of a raindrop depends heavily on the type of weather, but averages about
200 mg. The familiar teardrop shape of a raindrop is actually an optical illusion, caused by the reflection of the light and the motion of the drop.
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It's about two-fifths as heavy as a Nail
The weight of a Nail is about 790 miligrams.
(for 15-gauge,
2-inch, finishing nails)
A two-inch finishing nail weighs
790 miligrams. Nails have been in use for more than
5,400 years and were ven used as a medium of exchange in ancient times.
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It's about three-tenths as heavy as a Jelly Bean
The weight of a Jelly Bean is about 1,100 miligrams.
(for Jelly Belly beans; approximate)
Made of sugar, corn syrup, and pectin, a single jelly bean weighs about
1,100 miligrams. President Ronald Reagan cited jelly beans as his favorite candy and
3,200,000,000 miligrams of the candies were served at his first inauguration in 1981.
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It's about one-fourth as heavy as a Paper Clip
The weight of a Paper Clip is about 1,400 miligrams.
(average)
Notwithstanding the tremendous variation in sizes and materials, a typical paperclip weighs about
1,400 miligrams. The country of Norway has used the paper clip as something of a national symbol since the end of World War II based on the erroneous notion that the paperclip was invented by a Norwegian, Johan Vaaler. However, the paperclip had already been in existence for at least
30 years by the time of Vaaler patented his paperclip design.
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It's about one-fifth as heavy as a Playing Card
The weight of a Playing Card is about 1,800 miligrams.
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It's about one-tenth as heavy as a US Penny
The weight of a US Penny is about 2,500 miligrams.
(United States) (formally one-cent coin) (Union shield design, 2010-present)
The weight of a United States penny is
2,500 miligrams. According to a 2010 report by the United States Mint, the cost of manufacturing and distributing a penny is $0.0179 — more than its face-value.
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It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a Die (Dice)
The weight of a Die (Dice) is about 4,100 miligrams.
(for six-sided,
16 mm, rounded cube)
A die, of the size most commonly used in board games and casinos, typically weight
4,100 miligrams. The use of dice and dice-like tools predates written history, with the oldest known examples belonging to a
5,000-year old backgammon set uncovered during an archaeological dig in modern-day Iran.
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It's about fifteen times as heavy as a Grain of Rice
The weight of a Grain of Rice is about 21 miligrams.
(conventional; US; long-, medium-, and short-gran varieties; uncooked)
With great differences in variety, the average among a sampling of common short-, medium- and long-grain rices finds that a single grain weighs about
21 mg before cooking. A staple through most of human history, archaeological evidence indicates that the earliest rice cultivation was about
11,500 years ago.
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It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a sheet of Paper
The weight of a sheet of Paper is about 5,000 miligrams.
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It's about one-twentieth as heavy as a US Quarter
The weight of a US Quarter is about 5,670 miligrams.
(United States quarter-dollar coin) (a.k.a. Quarter dollar, a.k.a. America the Beautiful quarter, a.k.a. two bits)
The
America the Beautiful series quarters, which began to enter circulation in 2017, weigh
5,670 miligrams each. In answer to the common riddle, there are 119 ridges around the edge of the coin in its current design.
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It's about one-twenty-fifth as heavy as an Eye (Human)
The weight of an Eye (Human) is about 7,100 miligrams.
(adult)
A fully developed eye (in a person over the age of thirteen), weighs about
7,100 miligrams. The pupil of the eye varies depending on the amount of light it is exposed to, but typically measures about
4 mm across.
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It's about one-fortieth as heavy as a Battery (AAA)
The weight of a Battery (AAA) is about 12,000 miligrams.
(Alkaline)
An "AAA" size battery weighs
12,000 miligrams. Batteries are named by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Committee C18 and AAA batteries were given their name because they were smaller than the "AA" and "A" size batteries which were invented first.
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It's about one-fiftieth as heavy as a Compact disc
The weight of a Compact disc is about 15,000 miligrams.
(a.k.a. CD)
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It's about one-sixty-fifth as heavy as a Mouse
The weight of a Mouse is about 21,000 miligrams.
(a.k.a. "House mouse", Mus musculus) (adult)
The weight of a mouse is typically an average of
21,000 miligrams. While most mice typically live
two to three years, the Methuselah Mouse Prize — an award administered by a non-profit organization which advances aging-related research — was once awarded to a team of scientists whose research resulted in a mouse living
just under five years.
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It's about 70 times as heavy as a Grain of Sand
The weight of a Grain of Sand is about 4.40 miligrams.
(medium grain)
With tremendous variety in the size of grain and the component material, grains of sand weigh an average of
4.4 mg. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured
15.10 m (49.55 ft) in height.
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