How many grams in 5mg

Explanation: It's important to understand that "mg" is the abbreviation

for milligrams and "g" is the abbreviation for grams.

To convert 5 milligrams into grams, we first find the conversion factor

for milligrams and grams, which is 1,000 milligrams = 1 gram.

Next, notice that we're going from a smaller unit,

milligrams, to a larger unit, grams, so we divide.

Whenever we go from a smaller unit to a larger unit,

we will divide by the conversion factor.

So we have 5 mg ÷ 1,000.

When dividing by a power of 10, we can count the number of zeroes

in the power of 10 and move the decimal point that many places to the left.

So our answer is 0.005 grams.