Gross to Lakhs (gr to lakh)
1 gross equals 0.00144 lakhs exactly.
How to convert gross to lakhs
To convert gross to lakhs, multiply the number of gross by 0.00144. This factor is exact. To go the other way, multiply lakhs by 694.4444444 (rounded).
lakhs = gross × 0.00144
Example: 10 gross = 0.0144 lakhs.
Large-number names differ around the world: this site uses the short scale (billion = 10⁹) by default, and lists the long-scale billion separately.
About these units
Gross (gr)
Twelve dozen, 144 items. Still used when buying items such as pencils or buttons in bulk.
A gross is twelve dozen, 144 items, and the name is literally a large dozen: the term dates from the early 15th century and comes from the Old French grosse douzaine. Its plural is gross, as in three gross of screws.
Its structure is purely duodecimal. A gross is 12 dozens, 24 half dozens, or 72 pairs, and the step above it, the great gross, is 12 gross. Related terms include the small gross, which is 120. The larger groupings in this family are mainly used when buying or shipping in bulk, and the Dozenal Society of America promotes wider use of such terms as part of its case for counting in base 12.
1 gross = 144 pieces (exactly).
Sources: Wikipedia: Gross (unit); Wiktionary: gross; Wikipedia: Dozen
Lakh (lakh)
One hundred thousand (10⁵). The standard unit in the Indian numbering system, written 1,00,000.
Gambling stakes may have named the lakh. The Sanskrit word lakṣa originally meant a mark, a target or a stake in gambling, and in the Classical Sanskrit of the Gupta era it became the numeral for 100,000. English borrowed it from South Asia, and other languages did too: in Malay and Indonesian, laksa means 10,000 instead. The Indian numbering system gives a name to nearly every second power of ten, which is why a hundred thousand gets its own word rather than being called ten myriads or a hundred thousands.
A lakh is 100,000, written 1,00,000 under Indian digit grouping: the first three digits from the right form one group and every later group has two digits. It is the everyday system in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, where it is preferred over the international one. Rupee amounts are stated in lakhs, so 150,000 rupees is 1.5 lakh. Indian English also uses lakhs of as a loose phrase for very many, and formal publications usually give foreign currencies in the international system and rupees in lakhs and crores.
1 lakh = 100,000 pieces (exactly).
Sources: Wikipedia: Lakh; Wikipedia: Indian numbering system
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