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How heavy is 0.000022 hundredweight?

It's about one-forty-fifth as heavy as a Golf Ball
The weight of a Golf Ball is about 0.001013 hundredweight.
(per R&A USGA Rules of Golf; maximum rule weight)
According to the Rules of Golf (as approved by the United States Golf Association and the Rules Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews), golf balls must weigh no more than 0.001013 hundredweight. Golf balls are not required to have the familiar dimpled pattern, but the design has been popular since its invention in 1905 because it reduces drag while increasing lift.
It's about 50 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.
It's about one-sixtieth as heavy as a Tennis Ball
The weight of a Tennis Ball is about 0.00127 hundredweight.
(ITF Standard; for Type 2 ball)
Per International Tennis Federation standard, regulation tennis balls must weigh about 0.00127 hundredweight. Competition balls are also tested for bounce height, with the standards requiring that a ball dropped from 254 cm must bounce back to a height of 135 cm to 147 cm.
It's about one-sixty-fifth as heavy as a Battery (C)
The weight of a Battery (C) is about 0.0014 hundredweight.
(Alkaline)
A "C" size battery weighs 0.0014 hundredweight. C batteries are typically used in medium-drain devices such as musical instruments.
It's about one-ninetieth 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-hundred-fiftieth 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-one-hundred-fiftieth 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 one-one-hundred-fiftieth 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 one-one-hundred-fiftieth 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 one-two-hundredth 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 250 times as heavy as a Grain of Sand
The weight of a Grain of Sand is about 0.0000000970 hundredweight.
(medium grain)
With tremendous variety in the size of grain and the component material, grains of sand weigh an average of 0.0000000970 hundredweight. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured 15.10 m (49.55 ft) in height.
It's about 250 times as heavy as a Sesame Seed
The weight of a Sesame Seed is about 0.00000008020 hundredweight.
(Sesamum indicum)
A sesame seed weighs approximately 0.00000008020 hundredweight. The McDonald's Big Mac sandwich, which is well-known for its sesame seed top bun, accounts for the consumption of an estimated 44.30 hundredweight of sesame seeds each day.
It's about one-three-hundredth 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 one-three-hundred-fiftieth 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 one-four-hundredth 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.
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