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How heavy is 0.000017 hundredweight?

It's about as heavy as a Nail
The weight of a Nail is about 0.0000170 hundredweight.
(for 15-gauge, 2-inch, finishing nails)
A two-inch finishing nail weighs 0.0000170 hundredweight. Nails have been in use for more than 5,400 years and were ven used as a medium of exchange in ancient times.
It's about seven-tenths as heavy as a Jelly Bean
The weight of a Jelly Bean is about 0.0000240 hundredweight.
(for Jelly Belly beans; approximate)
Made of sugar, corn syrup, and pectin, a single jelly bean weighs about 0.0000250 hundredweight. President Ronald Reagan cited jelly beans as his favorite candy and 70 hundredweight of the candies were served at his first inauguration in 1981.
It's about half as heavy as a Paper Clip
The weight of a Paper Clip is about 0.0000310 hundredweight.
(average)
Notwithstanding the tremendous variation in sizes and materials, a typical paperclip weighs about 0.0000310 hundredweight. The country of Norway has used the paper clip as something of a national symbol since the end of World War II based on the erroneous notion that the paperclip was invented by a Norwegian, Johan Vaaler. However, the paperclip had already been in existence for at least 30 years by the time of Vaaler patented his paperclip design.
It's about two-fifths as heavy as a Playing Card
The weight of a Playing Card is about 0.0000400 hundredweight.
(ISO 216 B8 size, 2.5" x 3.5")
A single ISO 216 B8-size playing card weighs 0.0000400 hundredweight. Although this size is the most common home playing card, many casinos use "bridge size" cards — 2,640 sq. mm (4.036 sq. in) smaller in area.
It's about three-tenths as heavy as a US Penny
The weight of a US Penny is about 0.0000550 hundredweight.
(United States) (formally one-cent coin) (Union shield design, 2010-present)
The weight of a United States penny is 0.0000550 hundredweight. According to a 2010 report by the United States Mint, the cost of manufacturing and distributing a penny is $0.0179 — more than its face-value.
It's about four times as heavy as a Raindrop
The weight of a Raindrop is about 0.00000400 hundredweight.
(a.k.a. drop, a.k.a. droplet) (average)
The weight of a raindrop depends heavily on the type of weather, but averages about 0.00000400 hundredweight. The familiar teardrop shape of a raindrop is actually an optical illusion, caused by the reflection of the light and the motion of the drop.
It's about one-fifth as heavy as a Die (Dice)
The weight of a Die (Dice) is about 0.0000900 hundredweight.
(for six-sided, 16 mm, rounded cube)
A die, of the size most commonly used in board games and casinos, typically weight 0.0000900 hundredweight. The use of dice and dice-like tools predates written history, with the oldest known examples belonging to a 5,000-year old backgammon set uncovered during an archaeological dig in modern-day Iran.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a sheet of Paper
The weight of a sheet of Paper is about 0.00011 hundredweight.
(for US Letter, a.k.a. ANSI A; 215.9mm by 279.4mm (8.5 in x 11 in); 20lb)
The weight of a ream (500 sheets) of 0.20 hundredweight, 8.5 inch x 11 inch paper is 0.044 hundredweight, each sheet weighing 0.00011 hundredweight. Paper of this size has a thickness of 0.004 caliper (0.1 mm).
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a US Quarter
The weight of a US Quarter is about 0.000125 hundredweight.
(United States quarter-dollar coin) (a.k.a. Quarter dollar, a.k.a. America the Beautiful quarter, a.k.a. two bits)
The America the Beautiful series quarters, which began to enter circulation in 2017, weigh 0.000125 hundredweight each. In answer to the common riddle, there are 119 ridges around the edge of the coin in its current design.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as an Eye (Human)
The weight of an Eye (Human) is about 0.00016 hundredweight.
(adult)
A fully developed eye (in a person over the age of thirteen), weighs about 0.00016 hundredweight. The pupil of the eye varies depending on the amount of light it is exposed to, but typically measures about 4 mm across.
It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a Battery (AAA)
The weight of a Battery (AAA) is about 0.00026 hundredweight.
(Alkaline)
An "AAA" size battery weighs 0.00026 hundredweight. Batteries are named by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Committee C18 and AAA batteries were given their name because they were smaller than the "AA" and "A" size batteries which were invented first.
It's about one-twentieth as heavy as a Compact disc
The weight of a Compact disc is about 0.00033 hundredweight.
(a.k.a. CD)
A compact disc typically weighs 0.00033 hundredweight. Data is stored on CDs by encoding into the track a series of tiny pits — each between 3.5 and 850 µm (0.00014 and 0.033 in) in length.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as heavy as a Mouse
The weight of a Mouse is about 0.00046 hundredweight.
(a.k.a. "House mouse", Mus musculus) (adult)
The weight of a mouse is typically an average of 0.00046 hundredweight. While most mice typically live two to three years, the Methuselah Mouse Prize — an award administered by a non-profit organization which advances aging-related research — was once awarded to a team of scientists whose research resulted in a mouse living just under five years.
It's about one-thirtieth as heavy as a Battery (AA)
The weight of a Battery (AA) is about 0.00053 hundredweight.
(Alkaline)
An "AA" size battery weighs 0.00053 hundredweight. AA batteries came into common use during World War II and were given their name by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Committee C18 because they were smaller than the "A" size batteries which were invented first.
It's about forty times as heavy as a Grain of Rice
The weight of a Grain of Rice is about 0.000000460 hundredweight.
(conventional; US; long-, medium-, and short-gran varieties; uncooked)
With great differences in variety, the average among a sampling of common short-, medium- and long-grain rices finds that a single grain weighs about 0.000000460 hundredweight before cooking. A staple through most of human history, archaeological evidence indicates that the earliest rice cultivation was about 11,500 years ago.
 
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