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It first contrasts a feather, a stone, and an elephant to show why “heavy” and “light” depend on what you compare. It then introduces the kilogram (kg) as the standard for weight, uses a market scale and onions to illustrate estimation limits, and corrects the method with an exactly 1 kg reference using 1-litre water bottles to weigh an elephant.","How Heavy is Heavy Sukanya Sinha  \nHere is a feather and here is a stone. Which is heavy and which is light?  \nWhat a silly question, you say. The stone is heavy and the feather is light, of course!  \nHere is an elephant and here is the same stone.  \nWhich is heavy and which is light?  \nWhat an absurd question, you say. The elephant is heavy and the stone is light, of course!  \nWait, didn’t you just say that the stone was heavy?  \nYes, that was because it was heavier than the feather! But it is MUCH lighter than an elephant.  \nSo maybe it is best not to say,”This is heavy”or ”This is light”.  \nMaybe it is better to ask:  \nIs this heaviER than something else?  \nIs this lightER than something else?  \nBut what about the question-How heavy is this stone?  \nCan we find the answer without talking about elephants or feathers?  \nYes, we can!  \nWe can compare the stone to something called a kilogram* . A kilogram is used to find out how heavy or light a thing is.  \nA good question to ask then is  \nHow much heavier than a kilogram is the  \nstone? Or  \nHow much lighter than a kilogram is our stone?  \n*A ‘kilogram’ is the same thing as ‘kilo’ or ‘kg’. From now on, let’s say kg when we mean kilogram- it’s shorter.  \nBut how heavy is a kg? Let’s see .  \nYou tell the vegetable vendor at the market,”Please give me 1 kg of onions.”  \nThe vendor puts a 1-kg weight on one side of the scale and piles onions on the other side until the two sides are level.  \nYou count the onions on the scale. There are 13 onions. That tells you that 1 kg is as heavy as 13 onions.  \nBut this is not entirely reliable. When the  \nonions are small, 1 kg may be as heavy as 16 onions. When they are big, 1 kg may be only as heavy as 10 onions.  \nWe need to find something that weighs EXACTLY 1 kg.  \nI know! A 1-litre bottle of water weighs exactly 1 kg!  \nNow that we know this, let’s get back to our elephant. How heavy is an elephant in kgs? Around 4, 00 0k g! 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