8 ounces in pounds
Result
The conversion result is: 8 ounces is equivalent to 0.5 pounds.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 8 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 / 8 oz = 0.0625 lb / x lb
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x lb = (8 oz / 1 oz) * 0.0625 lb → x lb = 0.5 lb
Conclusion:
8 oz = 0.5 lb
Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 pound is equal to 2 times 8 ounces.
It can also be expressed as: 8 ounces is equal to 1 / 2 pounds.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: eight ounces is about zero pounds, or alternatively, a pound is about zero times eight 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.