983 pounds in stones
Result
983 pounds equals 70.2143 stones
You can also convert 983 pounds to stones and pounds.
Converter
Conversion formula
Multiply the amount of pounds by the conversion factor to get the result in stones:
983 lbs × 0.0714286 = 70.2143 st
How to convert 983 pounds to stones?
The conversion factor from pounds to stones is 0.0714286, which means that 1 pounds is equal to 0.0714286 stones:
1 lbs = 0.0714286 st
To convert 983 pounds into stones we have to multiply 983 by the conversion factor in order to get the amount from pounds to stones. We can also form a proportion to calculate the result:
1 lbs → 0.0714286 st
983 lbs → m(st)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the mass m in stones:
m(st) = 983 lbs × 0.0714286 st
m(st) = 70.2143 st
The final result is:
983 lbs → 70.2143 st
We conclude that 983 pounds is equivalent to 70.2143 stones:
983 pounds = 70.2143 stones
Result approximation
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. In this case nine hundred eighty-three pounds is approximately seventy point two one four stones:
983 pounds ≅ 70.214 stones
Conversion table
For quick reference purposes, below is the pounds to stones conversion table:
pounds (lbs) | stones (st) |
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984 pounds | 70.285742 stones |
985 pounds | 70.357171 stones |
986 pounds | 70.4286 stones |
987 pounds | 70.500028 stones |
988 pounds | 70.571457 stones |
989 pounds | 70.642885 stones |
990 pounds | 70.714314 stones |
991 pounds | 70.785743 stones |
992 pounds | 70.857171 stones |
993 pounds | 70.9286 stones |
Units definitions
The units involved in this conversion are pounds and stones. This is how they are defined:
Pounds
The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement. A number of different definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. The international standard symbol for the avoirdupois pound is lb; an alternative symbol is lbm (for most pound definitions), # (chiefly in the U.S.), and ℔ or ″̶ (specifically for the apothecaries' pound). The unit is descended from the Roman libra (hence the abbreviation "lb"). The English word pound is cognate with, among others, German Pfund, Dutch pond, and Swedish pund. All ultimately derive from a borrowing into Proto-Germanic of the Latin expression lībra pondō ("a pound by weight"), in which the word pondō is the ablative case of the Latin noun pondus ("weight"). Usage of the unqualified term pound reflects the historical conflation of mass and weight.
Stones
The stone or stone weight (abbreviation: st.) is an English and imperial unit of mass now equal to 14 pounds (6.35029318 kg). England and other Germanic-speaking countries of northern Europe formerly used various standardised "stones" for trade, with their values ranging from about 5 to 40 local pounds (roughly 3 to 15 kg) depending on the location and objects weighed. The United Kingdom's imperial system adopted the wool stone of 14 pounds in 1835. With the advent of metrication, Europe's various "stones" were superseded by or adapted to the kilogram from the mid-19th century on. The stone continues in customary use in Britain and Ireland used for measuring body weight, but was prohibited for commercial use in the UK by the Weights and Measures Act of 1985.