How heavy is 1.984 hundredweight?
It's about one-one-hundredth as heavy as a Tyrannosaurus rex
The weight of a Tyrannosaurus rex is about 194 hundredweight.
(for FMNH PR 2081, a.k.a. "Sue") (a.k.a. Tyrannosaurus, a.k.a. T-Rex) (estimated live weight)
The notable Tyrannosaurus specimen housed at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, "Sue," is estimated to have weighed about 194 hundredweight while alive. A renowned predator in popular culture, the teeth of tyrannosaurus rex were up to 33.02 cm (13 in) long.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as an Anchor of a Cruise Ship
The weight of an Anchor of a Cruise Ship is about 249 hundredweight.
(for QE2 forward anchor, a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
Each of the forward anchors of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 weighs 249 hundredweight. The anchor of the QE2 now sits in front of the Holyrood Church in Southampton, England, United Kingdom, along a pedestrian tourist route known as "the QE2 mile."
It's about 150 times as heavy as a Basketball
The weight of a Basketball is about 0.01375 hundredweight.
(NBA official ball standards, Size 7)
A regulation NBA basketball, manufactured by Spalding, is known as a Size 7 ball and weighs 0.01375 hundredweight. These balls have 4,118 pebbles each with a diameter of 2.5 mm
It's about 200 times as heavy as a Football (Soccer Ball)
The weight of a Football (Soccer Ball) is about 0.0095 hundredweight.
(a.k.a. Soccer, a.k.a. Association Football) (FIFA Law 2 specification)
According to FIFA's Law of the Game number 2, a football must weigh between 0.009 hundredweight and 0.0099 hundredweight. An artifact on display at the Smith Art Gallery and Museum in Stirling, Scotland is said to be the world's oldest football and is about one-third to one-half the size of a modern football.
It's about 200 times as heavy as an American Football
The weight of an American Football is about 0.0090625 hundredweight.
(a.k.a. "pigskin") (NFL standard)
Per National Football League official rules, an American football must weigh between 0.00875 hundredweight and 0.009375 hundredweight. Because of NFL regulations, ceremonial considerations, and backup requirements, each NFL Superbowl requires the manufacture of 144 balls exclusively for the event.
It's about 250 times as heavy as a Can of Soup
The weight of a Can of Soup is about 0.0077 hundredweight.
(for Campbell''s Condensed Tomato Soup, 317.9 ml)
A can of Campbell''s Tomato Soup weighs 0.0077 hundredweight. Cans have been used to store soup and other foods since their invention in 1913, but a dedicated can opener was not developed until cans began to use thinner materials — prior to that time, cans were usually opened using various blunt instruments and tools.
It's about 300 times as heavy as a Human Heart
The weight of a Human Heart is about 0.0068 hundredweight.
(human; adult)
The average human heart weighs about 0.0068 hundredweight. Each minute, the heart pumps between 10 and 20 liters (3 to 5 gallons) of blood through its chambers.
It's about 400 times as heavy as a Hamster
The weight of a Hamster is about 0.004 hundredweight.
(for Syrian hamster, a.k.a. golden hamster, a.k.a. Mesocricetus auratus; adult)
An adult Syrian hamster has a typical weight of about 0.004 hundredweight. Known for transporting food in the pouches of their cheeks so that they can bury it later, some hamsters can store up to 0.60 hundredweight of food in their borrows.
It's about 550 times as heavy as a Billiard Ball
The weight of a Billiard Ball is about 0.00359375 hundredweight.
(American-style, WPA specifications)
Per the World Pool-Billiard Association, a billiard ball weight must weigh between 0.0034375 hundredweight and 0.00375 hundredweight. According to legend, the difficulty in obtaining elephant ivory for the manufacture of billiard balls in the 19th century inspired the search for a replacement material, which led to the development of the first industrial plastic.
It's about 550 times as heavy as a Hockey Puck
The weight of a Hockey Puck is about 0.00359375 hundredweight.
(Ice hockey)
A standard ice hockey puck weighs between 0.0034375 hundredweight and 0.00375 hundredweight. Hockey pucks can be shot or passed at speeds of up to 160 kph (99 mph) during games.
It's about 600 times as heavy as a Baseball
The weight of a Baseball is about 0.003203125 hundredweight.
(MLB rules)
Per Major League Baseball rules, a baseball must weigh between 0.003125 hundredweight and 0.00328125 hundredweight. A major league pitcher can throw a baseball at up to 150 kph (91 mph) (with a fastball pitch), with record-setting pitches as fast as 171 kph (106 mph).
It's about 650 times as heavy as a Battery (D)
The weight of a Battery (D) is about 0.00298 hundredweight.
(Alkaline)
A "D" size battery weighs 0.00298 hundredweight. The D size battery is the oldest of the modern battery sizes, first invented by the National Carbon Company in 1898.
It's about one-seven-hundred-fiftieth as heavy as The Space Shuttle
The weight of The Space Shuttle is about 1,600 hundredweight.
(for Endeavour, a.k.a. OV-105, a.k.a. Orbiter Vehicle-105) (empty weight, excluding main engines)
When empty, the space shuttle Endeavour weighs 1,600 hundredweight. The shuttle's spacious cargo bay carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit in 1999 — a payload that weighed 440 hundredweight.
It's about 950 times as heavy as a Deck of Cards
The weight of a Deck of Cards is about 0.0021 hundredweight.
(ISO 216 B8 size, a.k.a. "poker size" 63 x 88 mm, 52-card deck)
A deck of 52 ISO 216 B8-size playing cards weighs 0.0021 hundredweight. Utilizing nearly 3,700 decks, the record-holding largest card tower was built in early 2010, stood over 3.5 m (11 ft), and weighed over 5 hundredweight.
It's about one-one-thousandth as heavy as a Blue Whale
The weight of a Blue Whale is about 2,300 hundredweight.
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Blue whales weigh between 2,300 hundredweight. The largest mammal to have ever lived, blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill — tiny invertebrates weighing about 0.0000220 hundredweight each.