Answer: 0.6 grams
Step-by-step explanation: It's important to understand that <em>mg</em> is the abbreviation for milligrams and <em>g</em> is the abbreviation for grams.
To convert 600 milligrams into grams, we first first find the conversion factor for milligrams and grams which is 1,000 milligrams = 1 gram.
Next, notice that we're going from a smaller unit, milligrams, to a larger unit, grams and when we go from a smaller unit to a larger unit we divide by the conversion factor.
So we have 600 mg ÷ 1,000.
When dividing by a power of ten, we can simply count the number of zeroes in the power of ten and move the decimal point that many places to the left in order to find the answer.
Since there are three zeros in 1,000, we move the decimal point in 600 three places to the left to get .6 or 0.6. Notice that you can drop any zeroes at the end of a decimal.
So 600 milligrams is equal to 0.6 grams.
