Convert Ounces to Pounds
1 ounce is 0.06 lb. One ounce is exactly 0.0625 pounds.
One ounce is 0.0625 pounds. To convert ounces to pounds, multiply by 0.0625; to go the other way, divide by 0.0625 or multiply by 16. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Handbook 44. One sixteenth of a pound.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Ounces × 0.0625
1 * 0.06250.063 lb
1 ounce in every weight unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| ounces (as entered) | 1 oz | — |
| pounds | 0.0625 lb | × 0.0625 |
| stone | 0.004464285714 st | × 0.00446428571429 |
| US tons | 0.00003125 ton | × 0.00003125 |
| micrograms | 28,349,523.13 mcg | × 28,349,523.125 |
| milligrams | 28,349.52313 mg | × 28,349.523125 |
| centigrams | 2,834.952313 cg | × 2,834.9523125 |
| grams | 28.34952313 g | × 28.349523125 |
| kilograms | 0.02834952313 kg | × 0.028349523125 |
| slugs | 0.001942559386 slug | × 0.00194255938572 |
| tonnes | 0.00002834952313 t | × 0.000028349523125 |
| carats | 141.7476156 ct | × 141.747615625 |
| troy ounces | 0.9114583333 ozt | × 0.911458333333 |
| grains | 437.5 gr | × 437.5 |
| long tons | 0.00002790178571 LT | × 0.0000279017857143 |
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 ounces to pounds? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in ounces.
- 2.Multiply by 0.0625 — that is how many pounds fit in one ounce.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.0625, or multiply by 16.
Worked example: 25 ounces to pounds
- Formula
- oz × 0.0625 = lb
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.0625 = 1.56 lb
- Answer
- 25 oz = 1.56 lb
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Ounces to pounds conversion table
| Ounces | Pounds |
|---|---|
| 1 oz | 0.06 lb |
| 2 oz | 0.13 lb |
| 3 oz | 0.19 lb |
| 4 oz | 0.25 lb |
| 5 oz | 0.31 lb |
| 6 oz | 0.38 lb |
| 7 oz | 0.44 lb |
| 8 oz | 0.5 lb |
| 9 oz | 0.56 lb |
| 10 oz | 0.63 lb |
| 12 oz | 0.75 lb |
| 15 oz | 0.94 lb |
| 20 oz | 1.25 lb |
| 25 oz | 1.56 lb |
| 50 oz | 3.13 lb |
| 100 oz | 6.25 lb |
| 200 oz | 12.5 lb |
| 300 oz | 18.75 lb |
| 500 oz | 31.25 lb |
| 1000 oz | 62.5 lb |
| 2000 oz | 125 lb |
| 5000 oz | 312.5 lb |
| 10000 oz | 625 lb |
Sixteen ounces to the pound, unless it is gold
The avoirdupois pound is 16 ounces of 28.349523125 g. The troy pound, used for precious metals, is 12 troy ounces of 31.1034768 g — a heavier ounce in a lighter pound. So a troy ounce of gold is about 10% more metal than the ounce on a kitchen scale, and a "pound of gold" is 373.24 g against 453.59 g of anything else. Bullion is quoted per troy ounce and nothing else is.
NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C — general tables of units of measurement
What is an ounce?
One sixteenth of a pound. Not to be confused with the fluid ounce, which measures volume.
What is a pound?
Exactly 0.45359237 kilograms by international agreement, and sixteen ounces.
How many pounds are in an ounce?
One ounce is 0.0625 pounds, exactly. Going the other way, one pound is 16 ounces. 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 an ounce.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many pounds are in an ounce?
- 0.0625. Exactly 0.45359237 kilograms by international agreement, and sixteen ounces.
- How do I convert pounds back to ounces?
- Divide by 0.0625, or multiply by 16 — they are the same operation.
Other weight conversions
Pounds to ounces — the same conversion the other way.