What is milligram?

A milligram is a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram. It is commonly used in pharmaceutical dosing, nutritional content labelling, and laboratory chemistry.

What is gram?

A gram is a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. It is widely used in cooking, food labelling, and the measurement of small quantities in science and pharmacy.

Worked examples

1 milligram = 0.001 gram

1 gram = 0.001 kilogram