Convert pound to ton (long)
pound
Definition: A pound (symbol: lb) is a unit of mass used in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. The international avoirdupois pound (the common pound used today) is defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms. The avoirdupois pound is equivalent to 16 avoirdupois ounces.
History/origin: The pound descended from the Roman libra, and numerous different definitions of the pound were used throughout history prior to the international avoirdupois pound that is widely used today. The avoirdupois system is a system that was commonly used in the 13th century. It was updated to its current form in 1959. It is a system that was based on a physical standardized pound that used a prototype weight. This prototype weight could be divided into 16 ounces, a number that had three even divisors (8, 4, 2). This convenience could be the reason that the system was more popular than other systems of the time that used 10, 12, or 15 subdivisions.
Current use: The pound as a unit of weight is widely used in the United States, often for measuring body weight. Many versions of the pound existed in the past in the United Kingdom (UK), and although the UK largely uses the International System of Units, pounds are still used within certain contexts, such as labelling of packaged foods (by law the metric values must also be displayed). The UK also often uses both pounds and stones when describing body weight, where a stone is comprised of 14 pounds.
ton (long)
Definition: Ton (long) is a measure of mass. For conversion purposes, its value is 1016.0469088 times the reference unit, kilogram.
pound to ton (long) Conversion Table
| pound [lbs] | ton (long) [ton (UK)] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 pound | 0.000004 ton (long) |
| 0.10 pound | 0.000045 ton (long) |
| 1 pound | 0.000446 ton (long) |
| 2 pound | 0.000893 ton (long) |
| 3 pound | 0.001339 ton (long) |
| 5 pound | 0.002232 ton (long) |
| 10 pound | 0.004464 ton (long) |
| 20 pound | 0.008929 ton (long) |
| 50 pound | 0.0223 ton (long) |
| 100 pound | 0.0446 ton (long) |
| 1000 pound | 0.4464 ton (long) |
How to Convert pound to ton (long)
1 pound = 0.000446 ton (long)
1 ton (long) = 2240 pound
Example
Convert 15 pound to ton (long):
15 pound = 15 × 0.000446 ton (long) = 0.006696 ton (long)
