Eli5: why is the base SI unit of mass a kilogram, not a gram?

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No other base units have a prefix, so why does mass?

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If you know what 1000 of something is, then you can easily find what 1 of that thing is. Kinda like how a meter is 1000 milimeters and is the standard/base unit. A single gram would be such a small measurement to use as your base it would make things more complicated.

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