Convert Grams to Pounds
1 gram is 0.002205 lb. One gram is exactly 0.00220462262185 pounds.
One gram is 0.0022046226 pounds. To convert grams to pounds, multiply by 0.0022046226; to go the other way, divide by 0.0022046226 or multiply by 453.59237. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST Handbook 44. One thousandth of a kilogram, and the unit nutrition labels use worldwide.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Grams × 0.0022046226
1 * 0.00220460.002 lb
1 gram in every weight unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| ounces | 0.03527396195 oz | × 0.0352739619496 |
| pounds | 0.002204622622 lb | × 0.00220462262185 |
| stone | 0.0001574730444 st | × 0.000157473044418 |
| US tons | 0.000001102311311 ton | × 0.00000110231131092 |
| micrograms | 1,000,000 mcg | × 1,000,000 |
| milligrams | 1,000 mg | × 1,000 |
| centigrams | 100 cg | × 100 |
| grams (as entered) | 1 g | — |
| kilograms | 0.001 kg | × 0.001 |
| slugs | 0.00006852176586 slug | × 0.0000685217658568 |
| tonnes | 0.000001 t | × 0.000001 |
| carats | 5 ct | × 5 |
| troy ounces | 0.03215074657 ozt | × 0.0321507465686 |
| grains | 15.43235835 gr | × 15.4323583529 |
| long tons | 0.0000009842065276 LT | × 0.000000984206527611 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Handbook 44 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert grams to pounds? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in grams.
- 2.Multiply by 0.0022046226 — that is how many pounds fit in one gram.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.0022046226, or multiply by 453.59237.
Worked example: 25 grams to pounds
- Formula
- g × 0.0022046226 = lb
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.0022046226 = 0.06 lb
- Answer
- 25 g = 0.06 lb
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Grams to pounds conversion table
| Grams | Pounds |
|---|---|
| 1 g | 0.002205 lb |
| 2 g | 0.004409 lb |
| 3 g | 0.01 lb |
| 4 g | 0.01 lb |
| 5 g | 0.01 lb |
| 6 g | 0.01 lb |
| 7 g | 0.02 lb |
| 8 g | 0.02 lb |
| 9 g | 0.02 lb |
| 10 g | 0.02 lb |
| 12 g | 0.03 lb |
| 15 g | 0.03 lb |
| 20 g | 0.04 lb |
| 25 g | 0.06 lb |
| 50 g | 0.11 lb |
| 100 g | 0.22 lb |
| 200 g | 0.44 lb |
| 300 g | 0.66 lb |
| 500 g | 1.1 lb |
| 1000 g | 2.2 lb |
| 2000 g | 4.41 lb |
| 5000 g | 11.02 lb |
| 10000 g | 22.05 lb |
Exactly 453.59237 grams, since 1959 and by definition
The international avoirdupois pound was defined as 0.45359237 kg exactly by the 1959 yard and pound agreement, so this conversion terminates rather than rounding. It is the pound on a kitchen scale and in a shipping manifest. The troy pound of bullion is a different unit — twelve troy ounces, 373.24 g — and is lighter despite its ounce being heavier.
NIST — Refinement of values for the yard and the pound (Federal Register notice, 1959)
What is a gram?
One thousandth of a kilogram, and the unit nutrition labels use worldwide.
What is a pound?
Exactly 0.45359237 kilograms by international agreement, and sixteen ounces.
How many pounds are in a gram?
One gram is 0.0022046226 pounds. Going the other way, one pound is 453.59237 grams. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every weight unit here
The whole group — 15 units with their symbols and the size of each one in kilograms — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a gram.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many pounds are in a gram?
- 0.0022046226. Exactly 0.45359237 kilograms by international agreement, and sixteen ounces.
- How do I convert pounds back to grams?
- Divide by 0.0022046226, or multiply by 453.59237 — they are the same operation.
The values people look up
Each one is this page with the value filled in, and each answers in its own title.
Other weight conversions
Pounds to grams — the same conversion the other way.