Convert Ton [Metric] to Hundredweight [short, US] - Free Calculator
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How to Convert Ton [Metric] to Hundredweight [short, US]
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Ton [Metric] to Hundredweight [short, US] Conversion Formula
To convert Ton [Metric] to Hundredweight [short, US], multiply by 22.0462.
To convert Hundredweight [short, US] back to Ton [Metric], divide by 22.0462 (or multiply by 0.0453592).
About These Units
About Ton [Metric]
The ton is a traditional unit of weight equal to 20 hundredweight. In the United States and Canada, there are 100 pounds in the hundredweight and exactly 2000 pounds (907.185 kilograms) in the ton. In Britain, there are 112 pounds in the hundredweight and 2240 pounds (1016.047 kilograms) in the ton. To distinguish between the two units, the British ton is called the long ton and the American one is the short ton. In old England, a "tun" was a large cask used to store wine. Because these tuns were of standard size, more or less, the tun came to represent both a volume unit, indicating the capacity of a cask, and also a weight unit, indicating the weight of a cask when it was full.
About Hundredweight [short, US]
The <b>hundredweight [short, US] (Cwt or cwt)</b> is a traditional unit of weight equal to 1/20 ton. The hundredweight is the English version of a commercial unit used throughout Europe and known in other countries as the quintal or the zentner. In general, this unit is larger than 100 pounds avoirdupois, so to fit the European market the hundredweight was defined in England as 112 pounds avoirdupois (about 50.8023 kilograms) rather than 100 pounds. This definition apparently dates from about the middle of the 1300's. In the United States, where the currency was decimalized and there wasn't so much need to align the unit with the quintal and zentner, the hundredweight came to equal exactly 100 pounds (about 45.3592 kilograms). The U.S. hundredweight seems to have been invented by merchants around 1840. To distinguish the two hundredweight units, the British version is often called the <b>long hundredweight</b> and the American is called the <b>short hundredweight</b> or <b>cental</b>. The C in the symbol is of course the Roman numeral 100.
Ton [Metric] to Hundredweight [short, US] Conversion Table
| Ton [Metric] | Hundredweight [short, US] | Hundredweight [short, US] | Ton [Metric] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 2.20462 | 0.1 | 0.00453592 |
| 0.5 | 11.0231 | 0.5 | 0.0226796 |
| 1 | 22.0462 | 1 | 0.0453592 |
| 2 | 44.0925 | 2 | 0.0907185 |
| 5 | 110.231 | 5 | 0.226796 |
| 10 | 220.462 | 10 | 0.453592 |
| 20 | 440.925 | 20 | 0.907185 |
| 25 | 551.156 | 25 | 1.13398 |
| 50 | 1,102.31 | 50 | 2.26796 |
| 100 | 2,204.62 | 100 | 4.53592 |
| 250 | 5,511.56 | 250 | 11.3398 |
| 500 | 11,023.1 | 500 | 22.6796 |
| 1000 | 22,046.2 | 1000 | 45.3592 |
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