Question: are kilograms smaller than milligrams?
Answer: In the metric system, "milli" means 1/1,000 and "kilo" means 1,000. This means that a milligram is 1/1,000 of a gram, and a kilogram is 1,000 grams. So a kilogram is much heavier than a milligram; in fact, a kilogram is a million times as heavy as a milligram!