Saturday 18th February 2023
    Difficulty: Medium

    Tons and tonnes (Quiz #92)

    The gantry cranes in the yards of Harland & Wolff, shipbuilders, Belfast
    The gantry cranes in the yards of Harland & Wolff, shipbuilders, Belfast. Each one can lift up to 840 tons. Or is that tonnes? Photo by K. Mitch Hodge (Unsplash)

    These questions are about the differences between these measures of weight: British ton, US ton, and the metric tonne.

    1. What does the U.S. Government recommend calling the tonne?

    2. Which of these lists is ordered correctly, from lightest to heaviest?

    3. Wile E. Coyote attempts to catch the Roadrunner by dropping a 10,000 lb weight on him. How heavy is this weight in US tons?

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