About the Units
hundredweight (short) (cwt short)
A unit of mass equal to 100 pounds or approximately 45.36 kilograms, used in the US customary system.
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hundredweight (long) (cwt long)
A unit of mass equal to 112 pounds or approximately 50.8 kilograms, used in the imperial system.
Common Conversions
- 1 cwt short = 0.8928572 cwt long
- 1.12 cwt short = 1 cwt long