On average, there are approximately 33,000 to 50,000 grains of rice per kilogram, with a typical estimate around 40,000 grains for medium-grain rice. The exact number depends on the rice variety and grain size.
Dick0 said
04:37 PM Sep 4, 2025
OMG, hasn't this sucked in the no sayers.
Ineedabiggerboat said
04:47 PM Sep 4, 2025
And others
Whenarewethere said
05:11 PM Sep 4, 2025
I did actually count 700 grains in batches of 100 & did an accumulative average to factor in rounding error of the scales. At 700 grains I thought that was enough for this exercise. The rice I had on hand is Riviana Basmati aged extra long grain.
Possum3 said
03:19 PM Sep 5, 2025
and small minds look on.
Ineedabiggerboat said
03:28 PM Sep 5, 2025
Seems some cant see the humour in here
Whenarewethere said
08:42 PM Sep 5, 2025
Back in the 1970s stocktake each year was September. We all loved the huge overtime income we were earning.
In part due to any & all open boxes of widgets had to be counted precisely. We weren't allowed to estimate no matter how scientific.
Ineedabiggerboat said
09:58 PM Sep 5, 2025
Not even unit weighing then bulk calculation?
rmoor said
07:47 AM Sep 6, 2025
Haberdashery dept was the one NOT to draw at stocktake time......
rgren2 said
09:37 AM Sep 6, 2025
rmoor wrote:
Haberdashery dept was the one NOT to draw at stocktake time......
Did you have a problem with Mrs Slocombe and her pussy?
Whenarewethere said
11:50 AM Sep 6, 2025
Ineedabiggerboat wrote:
Not even unit weighing then bulk calculation?
The directive came from head office. Nothing us mere mortals could do anything about it. There was also random checks to make sure counting was spot on.
I remember once there was two large open boxes of left & right fittings. There was exactly the same number. We didn't believe it & recounted the lot. It was correct. Also covering our backside that it was not seen as a typo.
About a month after stocktake each branch was listed in accordance to accuracy, basically to let the branches know who was at the bottom of the list!
rmoor said
10:20 AM Sep 7, 2025
rgren2
Are you free?
Nah, not Mrs Slocombe, but possibly her doppleganger.
I once drew the short straw and copped the Haberdashery dept at Myer when I was a youngster.
Pins, needles, ribbons - spare me, that was a few hours of torture in ones short life.
Sarco Harris said
09:03 PM Sep 7, 2025
In the past, I worked as part of a team, based in Melb, that went to the big Defence warehouse around the country doing random stocktaking to assess the accuracy of both the computer systems and both the Defence staff, and later, the contractors staff managing these warehouses. On the transition to contractors, some sites had issue with many sealed cartons being opened, only so that the handover stocktake meant that lots of overtime became available, both for the Defence staff and also the contractors (many of whom were ex Defence staff).
-- Edited by Sarco Harris on Sunday 7th of September 2025 09:03:59 PM
StewG said
08:14 PM Sep 18, 2025
Thank you, Aussie Paul, for instigating a few minutes entertainment for me. Clearly, there are many Grey Nomads with time on their hands...
Must be a small bag of rice.
A 1 kg of Basmati rice has 59,167 grains.
I only had one bag!
OMG, hasn't this sucked in the no sayers.
I did actually count 700 grains in batches of 100 & did an accumulative average to factor in rounding error of the scales. At 700 grains I thought that was enough for this exercise. The rice I had on hand is Riviana Basmati aged extra long grain.
Back in the 1970s stocktake each year was September. We all loved the huge overtime income we were earning.
In part due to any & all open boxes of widgets had to be counted precisely. We weren't allowed to estimate no matter how scientific.
Did you have a problem with Mrs Slocombe and her pussy?
The directive came from head office. Nothing us mere mortals could do anything about it. There was also random checks to make sure counting was spot on.
I remember once there was two large open boxes of left & right fittings. There was exactly the same number. We didn't believe it & recounted the lot. It was correct. Also covering our backside that it was not seen as a typo.
About a month after stocktake each branch was listed in accordance to accuracy, basically to let the branches know who was at the bottom of the list!
Are you free?
Nah, not Mrs Slocombe, but possibly her doppleganger.
I once drew the short straw and copped the Haberdashery dept at Myer when I was a youngster.
Pins, needles, ribbons - spare me, that was a few hours of torture in ones short life.
In the past, I worked as part of a team, based in Melb, that went to the big Defence warehouse around the country doing random stocktaking to assess the accuracy of both the computer systems and both the Defence staff, and later, the contractors staff managing these warehouses. On the transition to contractors, some sites had issue with many sealed cartons being opened, only so that the handover stocktake meant that lots of overtime became available, both for the Defence staff and also the contractors (many of whom were ex Defence staff).
-- Edited by Sarco Harris on Sunday 7th of September 2025 09:03:59 PM