497 ounces in pounds
Result
The conversion result is: 497 ounces is equivalent to 31.0625 pounds.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 497 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 / 497 oz = 0.0625 lb / x lb
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x lb = (497 oz / 1 oz) * 0.0625 lb → x lb = 31.0625 lb
Conclusion:
497 oz = 31.0625 lb
Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 pound is equal to 0.0321931589537223 times 497 ounces.
It can also be expressed as: 497 ounces is equal to 1 / 0.0321931589537223 pounds.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: four hundred and ninety-seven ounces is about thirty-one point zero five pounds, or alternatively, a pound is about zero point zero three times four hundred and ninety-seven 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.