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Ce fromage ne pèse pas cent grammes.

Ce fromage ne pèse pas cent grammes.
This cheese does not weigh a hundred grams.
From Lesson 48:Asking how much or how many (combien, combien de)·French

Questions & Answers about Ce fromage ne pèse pas cent grammes.

Why does the French sentence just say cent instead of un cent for "a hundred"?
In French, you do not use the word un (a/one) before cent (hundred) or mille (thousand). You simply say cent grammes for "a hundred grams".
Why is there a grave accent in pèse?
The infinitive form of the verb is peser (to weigh). For pronunciation reasons, the first "e" changes to an è in forms where the ending is silent (like il pèse). You might have already seen this happen with acheter (to buy) becoming il achète.
Shouldn't there be a de after pas, since the sentence is negative?
You might remember that un, une, or des usually change to de in negative sentences (for example, Je n'ai pas de fromage). However, exact numbers and measurements like cent grammes do not change to de after ne ... pas.
How would I use the words from this lesson to ask how much the cheese weighs?
You can use either combien (how much) or combien de (how many). You could ask Combien pèse ce fromage ? (How much does this cheese weigh?) or Combien de grammes pèse ce fromage ? (How many grams does this cheese weigh?).

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