Full name: dekagram
Plural form: dekagrams
Symbol: dag
Alternate spelling: decagram
Category type: weight
Scale factor: 0.01
The SI base unit for mass is the kilogram.
The SI derived unit for weight or force is the newton.
1 kilogram is equal to 100 dekagram.
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The SI prefix "deka" represents a factor of 101, or in exponential notation, 1E1.
So 1 dekagram = 101 grams-force.