need help understanding my ounces on a digital scale

mommyluggage
mommyluggage Posts: 2 Member
edited December 18 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone. I've got a silly question that is just testing my math skills.
So I know that there are 16 ounces in a pound. On my new digital bathroom scale (which measures every 2 ounces) it states the weight like this; 170.2, 170.4, 170.6, and 170.8.

So the other day I weighed in at 170, then the next day I measured and I was at 169.8 At first I was like yay, a half a pound loss (since 8 oz is half a pound). But when I entered my weight onto my weight recorder phone app it showed that I had a 2 ounce loss. Actually it specifically said -0.2 loss.
That's when I realized that I never saw anything over 8 ounces on my scale.

So what am I missing here. I tried researching online first but got no info about this.

Thanks for any info

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  • Jchambers1130
    Jchambers1130 Posts: 173 Member
    I would come to believe your scale measures a pound up to 1.0. Your scale isn't going to measure in 16oz increments. A half pound would be .5
  • __Di__
    __Di__ Posts: 1,659 Member
    OP Tonyrocks is correct.

    Just remember that 0.5 will be half a pound and 0.2 will be just below a quarter of a pound and 0.7 just below three-quarters of a pound.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
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  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    math
  • danasings
    danasings Posts: 8,218 Member
    If you don't understand it, maybe you should get a scale that only measures in half-pound increments to avoid confusion.
  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    0.2= 3.2 oz
    0.4-= 6.4 oz
    0.6= 9.6 oz.
    0.8= 12.8 oz.

    Half a pound (0.5) is 8 oz.
    A quarter pound (0.25) is 4 oz.

    This may be true but your scale is NOT measuring ounces, it's measuring in pounds.
  • mommyluggage
    mommyluggage Posts: 2 Member
    Thanks everyone, as soon as I saw the post about the scale measuring 1/10th of a pound it clicked in my head. Really appreciate the clarification. =)
  • Lylie1985
    Lylie1985 Posts: 35 Member
    Metric FTW!

    Lol sorry not helpful but I can't get my head around ounces, lbs etc
  • honeylissabee
    honeylissabee Posts: 217 Member
    0.2= 3.2 oz
    0.4-= 6.4 oz
    0.6= 9.6 oz.
    0.8= 12.8 oz.

    Half a pound (0.5) is 8 oz.
    A quarter pound (0.25) is 4 oz.

    This may be true but your scale is NOT measuring ounces, it's measuring in pounds.

    Exactly. 0.2 pounds is 3.2 ounces.
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    Metric FTW!

    Lol sorry not helpful but I can't get my head around ounces, lbs etc

    I can't get my head around "stones" from the metric lot, either so I guess we're even! ;-)
  • wwwdotcr
    wwwdotcr Posts: 128 Member
    Water weight fluctuates so much that really its always plus or minus 3-4 lb ...
  • TigressPat
    TigressPat Posts: 722
    math

    nods

    all scales measure like that
  • lanadee
    lanadee Posts: 14 Member
    This discussion certainly helped me, I appreciate the explanation. :)
  • suziecue25
    suziecue25 Posts: 289 Member
    My Weightwatchers digital scale is set to stones and lbs. It also shows fractions in 1/8ths. Last weeks weigh in read
    12 stone 4 3/8th lbs. I have no idea about the eighths........does anyone?
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,099 Member
    TigressPat wrote: »
    math

    nods

    all scales measure like that

    Not all scales. Mine only measures in half-pound increments (either whole pounds of xxx.5 for a half pound).
  • Cassandraw3
    Cassandraw3 Posts: 1,214 Member
    edited February 2019
    suziecue25 wrote: »
    My Weightwatchers digital scale is set to stones and lbs. It also shows fractions in 1/8ths. Last weeks weigh in read
    12 stone 4 3/8th lbs. I have no idea about the eighths........does anyone?

    More math. Every 8th of a pound is 2 ounces.

    1 lb = 16 oz
    Divide both by 8 to get:
    1/8 lb = 2 oz.

    Therefore, 3/8 lb would be 6 ounces. Or just divide 3/8 and you get 0.375 lbs.

  • KNoceros
    KNoceros Posts: 326 Member
    edited February 2019
    Having trouble with the quote function.
    Just wanted to point out that “stone” ISN’T metric. It’s UK imperial.
    1st = 14lb

    (Also just to really mess with your head, there are 20 fl oz in a pint over here!)
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    3 yr old thread. I think the OP either get's it or is gone...
  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 859 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    3 yr old thread. I think the OP either get's it or is gone...

    I had the same question so it's helped me :) mine only goes .1-9 before dropping or lowering to the next stone bracket and I always wonder why I never saw .10 or higher. Now I know that 1lb is = .10 on my scale
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,099 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    3 yr old thread. I think the OP either get's it or is gone...

    Arrgggh!
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