Pound (lb)
The international avoirdupois pound is exactly 0.45359237 kilograms by international agreement.
Pounds are used for body weight, groceries, and shipping in the United States and several other countries.
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Selected lb values converted to g using the exact factor from this tool.
| lb | g |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 4.5359237 |
| 0.1 | 45.359237 |
| 1 | 453.59237 |
| 2 | 907.18474 |
| 3 | 1,360.77711 |
| 5 | 2,267.96185 |
| 10 | 4,535.9237 |
| 20 | 9,071.8474 |
| 50 | 22,679.6185 |
| 100 | 45,359.237 |
| 1,000 | 453,592.37 |
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 lb = 453.59237 g
1 g = 0.0022046226 lb
To convert pound to gram, multiply by 453.59237.
To convert gram to pound, multiply by 0.0022046226.
Example: convert 10 lb to g
10 × 453.59237 = 4535.9237 g
Short background on the units used in this conversion.
The international avoirdupois pound is exactly 0.45359237 kilograms by international agreement.
Pounds are used for body weight, groceries, and shipping in the United States and several other countries.
A gram is one thousandth of a kilogram — the everyday metric unit for small masses and recipe ingredients.
Grams appear on nutrition labels, jewelry scales, laboratory balances, and European cooking measurements.
g = lb × 453.59237lb = g × 0.0022046226, using the same exact factors as this converter.Jump to any weight & mass conversion starting from pound — including the reverse direction and every other unit in our dataset.