Conversion formula

The conversion factor from ounces to pounds is 0.0625, which means that 1 ounce is equal to 0.0625 pounds:

1 oz = 0.0625 lb

To convert 1 ounce into pounds we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the mass amount from ounces to pounds. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 oz → 0.0625 lb

1 oz → M_(lb)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the mass M in pounds:

M_(lb) = 1 oz × 0.0625 lb

M_(lb) = 0.0625 lb

The final result is:

1 oz → 0.0625 lb

We conclude that 1 ounce is equivalent to 0.0625 pounds:

1 ounce = 0.0625 pounds

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pound is equal to 16 × 1 ounce.

Another way is saying that 1 ounce is equal to 1 ÷ 16 pounds.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one ounce is approximately zero point zero six three pounds:

1 oz ≅ 0.063 lb

An alternative is also that one pound is approximately sixteen times one ounce.

Conversion table

ounces to pounds chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from ounces to pounds