16 ounces in pounds
Result
The conversion result is: 16 ounces is equivalent to 1 pounds.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 16 ounces to pounds?
We know (by definition) that: 1 oz = 0.0625 lb.
We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of pounds.
1 oz / 16 oz = 0.0625 lb / x lb
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x lb = (16 oz / 1 oz) * 0.0625 lb → x lb = 1.0 lb
Conclusion:
16 oz = 1.0 lb
Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 pound is equal to 1 times 16 ounces.
It can also be expressed as: 16 ounces is equal to 1 / 1 pounds.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: sixteen ounces is about zero pounds, or alternatively, a pound is about zero times sixteen ounces.
Footnotes
[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).
Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.