Convert Stone to Pounds
2 stone is 28 lb. One stone is exactly 14 pounds.
2 stone is 28 pounds, because one stone is 14 pounds. To convert stone to pounds, multiply by 14; to go the other way, divide by 14 or multiply by 0.071428571. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Handbook 44. Fourteen pounds.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Stone × 14
2 * 1428 lb
2 stone in every weight unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| ounces | 448 oz | × 224 |
| pounds | 28 lb | × 14 |
| stone (as entered) | 2 st | — |
| US tons | 0.014 ton | × 0.007 |
| micrograms | 12,700,586,360 mcg | × 6,350,293,180 |
| milligrams | 12,700,586.36 mg | × 6,350,293.18 |
| centigrams | 1,270,058.636 cg | × 635,029.318 |
| grams | 12,700.58636 g | × 6,350.29318 |
| kilograms | 12.70058636 kg | × 6.35029318 |
| slugs | 0.8702666048 slug | × 0.435133302402 |
| tonnes | 0.01270058636 t | × 0.00635029318 |
| carats | 63,502.9318 ct | × 31,751.4659 |
| troy ounces | 408.3333333 ozt | × 204.166666667 |
| grains | 196,000 gr | × 98,000 |
| long tons | 0.0125 LT | × 0.00625 |
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 stone to pounds? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in stone.
- 2.Multiply by 14 — that is how many pounds fit in one stone.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 14, or multiply by 0.071428571.
Worked example: 25 stone to pounds
- Formula
- st × 14 = lb
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 14 = 350 lb
- Answer
- 25 st = 350 lb
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Stone to pounds conversion table
| Stone | Pounds |
|---|---|
| 1 st | 14 lb |
| 2 st | 28 lb |
| 3 st | 42 lb |
| 4 st | 56 lb |
| 5 st | 70 lb |
| 6 st | 84 lb |
| 7 st | 98 lb |
| 8 st | 112 lb |
| 9 st | 126 lb |
| 10 st | 140 lb |
| 12 st | 168 lb |
| 15 st | 210 lb |
| 20 st | 280 lb |
| 25 st | 350 lb |
| 50 st | 700 lb |
| 100 st | 1,400 lb |
| 200 st | 2,800 lb |
| 300 st | 4,200 lb |
| 500 st | 7,000 lb |
| 1000 st | 14,000 lb |
| 2000 st | 28,000 lb |
| 5000 st | 70,000 lb |
| 10000 st | 140,000 lb |
Fourteen pounds, and nobody in the US uses it
A stone is exactly 14 pounds. It is standard for body weight in the UK and Ireland and essentially unknown in the United States, where the same weight is given in pounds alone. British weights are said as "eleven stone four", meaning 158 pounds — the remainder is pounds, not a decimal.
NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C — general tables of units of measurement
What is a stone?
Fourteen pounds. Still the everyday unit of body weight in Britain and Ireland, and nowhere else.
What is a pound?
Exactly 0.45359237 kilograms by international agreement, and sixteen ounces.
How many pounds are in a stone?
One stone is 14 pounds, exactly. Going the other way, one pound is 0.071428571 stone. 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 stone.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many pounds are in a stone?
- 14. Exactly 0.45359237 kilograms by international agreement, and sixteen ounces.
- How do I convert pounds back to stone?
- Divide by 14, or multiply by 0.071428571 — 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 stone — the same conversion the other way.