kg to lbs Converter - Converting Kilos to Pounds

How to convert Kilograms to Pounds

1 kilogram (kg) is directly equaivalent to 2.20462262185 pounds (lbs).

1 kg = 2.20462262185 lb

Now to get its equivalent the mass m in pounds (lb) from its mass m in kilograms (kg), we then need to divided the mass m by 0.45359237:

m_(lb) = m_(kg) / 0.45359237

As an example, let's try to convert 5 kilograms to pounds. Using the formula stated above, we'll then end up with the following computation and output.

m_(lb) = 5 kg / 0.45359237 = 11.023 lb