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Stupid question time -Stones and lbs

Skyrocket123
Skyrocket123 Posts: 149 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I started this at 10.1 stone. I am in Uk so we tend to measure in stones.
There are 14 lbs in a stone.
So currently measuring at 9 stone 8lbs.
Which I work out to be 134lbs
But when I put it in an online calculator it brings it out at 137 lbs. How? What am I missing?

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  • Pinkmaddycat
    Pinkmaddycat Posts: 175 Member
    you are right.....it might be drunk?
  • Emagali74
    Emagali74 Posts: 132 Member
    9 stone 8 is 134 pounds-maybe the calculator is wrong???
  • em_ilyc
    em_ilyc Posts: 6
    You're not missing anything. 9 stone 8lb is 134lb. 137lb is equivalent to 9 stone11lb.
  • Ralphrabbit
    Ralphrabbit Posts: 351 Member
    Nothing, except do not believe eveything a machine tells you! 134lbs it is!
  • Skyrocket123
    Skyrocket123 Posts: 149 Member
    Thank you! :) I thought I was going mad!
    I have tried a few online calculators though and they are saying the same so either I am missing something important and the world has gone crazy!
    Does anyone know?
  • rachel871
    rachel871 Posts: 113 Member
    9stone 8lbs is 134lb, you're right...

    9.8 stone is 137lb... so it's working out what 0.8 of a stone is (11lbs), not 8lbs... Basically the calculator you're using is wrong! :)
  • Angelabec
    Angelabec Posts: 505 Member
    I think it's working out 9 stone, plus .8 of a stone, which is 11lbs, 8lbs is approx .6 of a stone, it's doing it purely as a decimal rather than 9 stone plus 8lbs.
  • coatsie79
    coatsie79 Posts: 187 Member
    You're right. 9st 8lb is 134lb
    Not sure what calculator you're using, but it's wrong...haha
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    the online calculator is wrong. What it is doing is taking your measurements as 9.8 rather than 9 st. 8lbs. Ie. it is decimalising the 8lbs as 0.8 and thinking that it is actualy 11lbs. Hence it adds 11lbs to your 9 stone - (9x14) giving your figure of 137.

    imperial into decimal doesn't work!!!

    stick with the 134. it's a nicer figure and also correct!!!!
  • Skyrocket123
    Skyrocket123 Posts: 149 Member
    I see. But there wasn't a space for the 8 lbs on any of the ones I tried. You're right! Strong coffee for me to wake me up I think! :D
  • InstantSunshine
    InstantSunshine Posts: 355 Member
    It'll probably be measuring metrically - ie base 10, but as you say, stones are base 14. So, 10 and a half stone, expressed metrically, is 10.5 stone, but this is not 10 stone 5 pounds, it actually means 10 stone 7 pounds. There is a converter that can deal with the remainder issue, which most don't - it's here:

    http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/body_weight/weight_converter.htm

    but you can also just add it up yourself... you've already proven you can!
    :happy:
  • Skyrocket123
    Skyrocket123 Posts: 149 Member
    I love this site! Everyone is so helpful! Thanks everyone!
  • InstantSunshine
    InstantSunshine Posts: 355 Member
    Ah - didn't see girlinahat's post when I wrote this. What she said!
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