Pounds and tons are units of measurement used to measure weight or mass. The basic difference between pound and ton is that pounds are used side by side with kilograms to weigh almost any item while the ton is used for 1000 pounds and more.
There is a need to know the conversion of ton to pounds because most of the time, it is so hard to visualize metric tons of everything. The ton is downsized sometimes, thinking that it is just slightly bigger than pounds. So how many pounds exactly are there in a ton?
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How many pounds in a ton?
According to Socratic, it depends really on where you are measuring it because we always have to remember that there are two prominent metric systems for measuring.
The US metric system is called the short ton and the UK metric system is called the long ton. If you are converting it in using the US metric system, one ton would be equal to 2,000 pounds. This is also true for Canada. But if you are using the UK/imperial metric system, it would be 2,240 pounds.
1 ton (US) = 2,000 pounds (US)
1 ton (UK/imperial) = 2,240 pounds (UK)
Tons to pounds conversion
With the aforementioned conversion values as basis, all we have to do is to multiply the given value of ton with either 2000 for the US metric system and 2240 for the UK/imperial metric system. Thus, if you need to find how many pounds in 2 tons, in the US that would be 4,000 pounds and for the UK that would be 4,480 pounds.
How many people is a ton?
According to World Atlas, considering that the people we are referring to have the normal weight of 90-150 pounds, it would take around 15-16 people to comprise a ton. But of course, it still depends on the weight of the people specifically involved. A group of 200-pound people would only have 10 people in a ton.
How many pounds is a ton of coal?
A ton of coal could be expressed in various forms. It could either be in cubic foot or acre inch. According to Coal Education, there are 80-85 pounds per cubic foot while there are 4, 350 pounds in one ton of coal per acre inch.
1 ton of coal per cubic foot = 80-85 pounds
1 ton of coal per acre inch = 4,350 pounds
What fraction of a ton is a pound?
Since we know the conversion value of 2,000 and 2,240, respectively, it is understood that when converted to fraction, there would be 1/2000 pounds in every ton and 1/2240 pounds in every ton in the UK system.
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How to convert tons to pounds?
We have previously mentioned the process in this and we have said that all we need to do is to multiply the value of the given ton to either 2000 or 2240. As such:
| Ton | Pounds (US) | Pound (UK) |
| 1 | 2000 | 2240 |
| 2 | 4000 | 4480 |
| 3 | 6000 | 6720 |
| 4 | 8000 | 8960 |
| 5 | 10000 | 11200 |
Conclusion
In conclusion, it is not that complex or tedious to convert tons to pounds. The thing to remember here is again the specific conversion value for both US and UK metric systems. With this, we can now readily visualize what it means when they tell us that something weighs a ton.
