12 ounces in pounds
Conversion
12 ounces is equivalent to 0.75 pounds.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 12 ounces to pounds?
We know (by definition) that:
We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of pounds.
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown :
Conclusion:
Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 pound is equal to 1.33333333333333 times 12 ounces.
It can also be expressed as: 12 ounces is equal to pounds.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: twelve ounces is about zero pounds, or alternatively, a pound is about one point three three times twelve 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.