Stone Conversion
A Stone is a unit of weight primarily used in the United Kingdom and Ireland, especially for measuring the weight of people and animals. It is equivalent to 14 pounds or approximately 6.35 kilograms.
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| Stone (st) | = | Kilogram (kg) |
What is Stone ?
A Stone is a unit of weight primarily used in the United Kingdom and Ireland, especially for measuring the weight of people and animals. It is equivalent to 14 pounds or approximately 6.35 kilograms.
To break it down:
- 1 stone = 14 pounds
- 1 pound ≈ 0.4536 kilograms
In everyday terms, a stone represents a moderate amount of weight. For example, a typical adult might weigh around 10 to 12 stones.
Stones are commonly used in personal weight measurement, particularly in everyday conversation, health discussions, and sometimes in sports (such as boxing or wrestling). While it's not an official unit in the metric system, it remains popular in the UK and Ireland for describing body weight and sometimes in informal contexts for measuring larger objects.
Understanding stones is important in these regions for assessing personal weight, discussing health and fitness goals, and understanding traditional measurements in daily life.
List of Mass conversion units
Kilogram Gram Decigram Centigram Milligram Microgram Nanogram Picogram Femtogram Dekagram Hectogram Megagram Metric ton Long ton Short ton Metric quintal US quintal French quintal Stone Pound Ounce Troy ounce Slug Tola Dram Carat Grain Atomic mass unit
A Stone is a unit of weight primarily used in the United Kingdom and Ireland, especially for measuring the weight of people and animals. It is equivalent to 14 pounds or approximately 6.35 kilograms.
To break it down:
- 1 stone = 14 pounds
- 1 pound ≈ 0.4536 kilograms
In everyday terms, a stone represents a moderate amount of weight. For example, a typical adult might weigh around 10 to 12 stones.
Stones are commonly used in personal weight measurement, particularly in everyday conversation, health discussions, and sometimes in sports (such as boxing or wrestling). While it's not an official unit in the metric system, it remains popular in the UK and Ireland for describing body weight and sometimes in informal contexts for measuring larger objects.
Understanding stones is important in these regions for assessing personal weight, discussing health and fitness goals, and understanding traditional measurements in daily life.
List of Mass conversion units
Kilogram Gram Decigram Centigram Milligram Microgram Nanogram Picogram Femtogram Dekagram Hectogram Megagram Metric ton Long ton Short ton Metric quintal US quintal French quintal Stone Pound Ounce Troy ounce Slug Tola Dram Carat Grain Atomic mass unit