About the Units
pennyweight (dwt)
A unit of mass equal to 1/20 of a troy ounce or approximately 1.55 grams.
hundredweight (short) (cwt short)
A unit of mass equal to 100 pounds or approximately 45.36 kilograms, used in the US customary system.
Common Conversions
- 1 dwt = 0.000034285713 cwt short
- 29166.666 dwt = 1 cwt short