Gross (gr)
Twelve dozen, 144 items. Still used when buying items such as pencils or buttons in bulk.
1 gross = 144 pieces (exactly).
About the gross
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.
Sources: Wikipedia: Gross (unit); Wiktionary: gross; Wikipedia: Dozen
Gross conversion chart
1 gross expressed in every other counting & quantity unit:
| Unit | 1 gross |
|---|---|
| Pieces | 144 |
| Dozens | 12 |
| Lakhs | 0.00144 |
| Millions | 0.000144 |
| Crores | 0.0000144 |
| Billions (short Scale) | 1.44×10⁻⁷ |
| Pairs | 72 |
| Hundred | 1.44 |
| Thousand | 0.144 |
| Trillions (short Scale) | 1.44×10⁻¹⁰ |
| Score | 7.2 |
| Half Dozens | 24 |
| Quadrillions | 1.44×10⁻¹³ |
| Reams | 0.288 |
| Moles | 2.391176257×10⁻²² |
| Baker's Dozens | 11.07692308 |
| Small Gross | 1.2 |
| Great Gross | 0.08333333333 |
| Myriads | 0.0144 |
| Yi / Oku | 0.00000144 |
| Arab (Indian) | 1.44×10⁻⁷ |
| Kharab (Indian) | 1.44×10⁻⁹ |
| Billions (long Scale) | 1.44×10⁻¹⁰ |
| Quires | 5.76 |
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