How to Calculate Dwt

DWT, otherwise known as pennyweight, is a unit of measurement used to express the weight of gold and other precious metals. Knowing DWT allows you to determine how much your metals are worth. It also helps you make more informed decisions regarding the purchase or sale of such merchandise. Once you know the rate of conversion between pennyweight and other, more common, units of measurement, you can calculate DWT.

Things You'll Need

• Digital scale (results must be displayed in grams)
• Calculator

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Gather together the objects that you want to measure in DWT.

   • 2

     Weigh the objects using a digital scale. The measurement should be expressed in grams.

   • 3

     Divide the weight by 1.55517384. The result is the weight of the object expressed in DWT.