How many quintals are there in one ton?

Question

How many quintals are there in one ton?

Answer 1

The quintal is a historical unit of mass with many different definitions in different countries, but usually it is 100 base units of mass, e.g. pounds.

The unit was and still is used in the Arab world, where it is known as the qintar. It is currently defined informally as 50 kg. The qintar was re imported to Europe by traders.

In France it used to be defined as 100 livres (pounds), about 48.95 kg, and has later been redefined as 100 kg (mesures usuelles), thus called metric quintal with symbol q.

In Spain it is still defined as 100 libras, or about 46 kg, and in Portugal as 128 libras or about 58.75 kg.

In English both, quintal and centner, were once alternate names for the hundredweight and thus defined either as 100 lb (exactly 45.359237 kg) or as 112 lb (about 50.84 kg).

In the Dominican Republic it is about 125 lb.

In India, the quintal is equivalent to 100 kg and is a standard measurement of mass for agricultural products.

The quintal was defined in the United States in 1866 as 100 kilograms. However, this is not in use and though it still appears in the statute, it has been declared obsolete by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology).

Answer 2

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