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Use this page to convert centigram values into milligram, with background details, formulas, a worked example, and a quick conversion table.

1 cg = 10 mg

1 mg = 0.1 cg

Example: 25 cg = 250 mg

Centigram (cg) is represented in this converter as 0.01 grams.

History: Centigram follows the SI prefix pattern for scaling grams by powers of ten.

Current use: Centigram is useful when prefixed metric mass units are clearer than long gram values.

Also written as cg.

A milligram is one thousandth of a gram.

History: It follows directly from the decimal metric system.

Current use: Milligrams are common in medicine, nutrition, and lab work.

Also written as mg, milligrams, mgs.