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Is 0.0000220 hundredweight as heavy as a Jelly Bean?

It's about nine-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.
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