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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kilogram (kg)
The SI base unit of mass, defined as the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram.
Common Conversions
- 1 cwt short = 45.35924 kg
- 0.022046223 cwt short = 1 kg