law has indicated the metric system to be preferred, but not the only one allowed - compliance is totally voluntary - some people and industries do so fully, some do not at all, and most are a mix.
pounds as body weight measurement, however, U.S. The United States still uses the older Imperial system, e.g. Countries that use the Metric system are shaded green - Map Credit: AzaToth - Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. World map showing countries that have not officially adopted the metric system U.S., Myanmar, Liberia which are shaded gray. People in those countries, who still use the stone unit of measurement, are said to weigh, e.g., 11 stone 4 (11 stone - 4 pounds), which equals approx. The stone unit of measurement is still used in Great Britain, Ireland, and by some people in Australia for measuring human body weight - as it will probably take a generation or more for populations to fully convert to the metric system, ie. In Australia, New Zealand, and increasingly so in Canada, the metric system (kilograms) has replaced the measurement of stone and pounds since the 1960's-70's. Pounds to Kilograms Conversion Chart 1 lbs, 0.4535924 kg 2 lbs, 0.9071848 kg 3 lbs, 1.3607772 kg 4 lbs, 1.8143696 kg 5 lbs, 2.267962 kg 6 lbs, 2.7215544. *This converter requires you to have JavaScript enabled in your browser settings.Ģ - Chart to Convert Stones to Pounds and/or Kilograms Stones to Pounds and Kilograms Conversion TableĬountries Using Imperial and Metric Systems Many scales today provide a "change weight display" setting that you can select to display either kilograms, pounds, or stone/pounds.ġ - Weight Conversion Calculator Stones to Pounds and Kilograms Calculator Graphic charts for stone, pounds and kilograms are available below (one for 84lb to 195lb and another for 196lb+). If you're wanting to convert a kilogram figure not shown in this chart, give our kilos, stone and lb converter or our kg and lb converter a try. people may be said to weigh, e.g., "11 stone 4" (11 stones and 4 pounds), rather than "72 kilograms", or "158 pounds" as in the U.S. Note: kg conversions are rounded to 2 decimal places. The stone measurement remains widely used in Britain, Australia, and Ireland for measuring human body weight. The stone (st) is a unit of measure equal to 14 pounds (lb) avoirdupois, or 6.3503 kilograms (kg). Listed below the conversion calculator is an easy to read conversion table, or chart, showing a cross reference of approximate comparison weight measures in either Pounds, Kilograms, and/or Stone.
Weight converter lbs to kg chart code#
Convert MS Word Docs to Text and HTML Code.This article is part our digest of 92 publications relating to Medical Calculators and Charts that include:
0 kommentar(er)
