The abbreviation for "pounds" is "lbs". Since it is plural, there is an "s" added.
The abbreviation lb means pounds.
Forty pounds (abbreviated as 40 lb.) is a weight of about 18.16 kg.
5 lb = 5 pounds. Pound, as a measure of mass, is derived fom the Roman libra, and so is abbreviated as lb. So "lb" is usually pronounced as pound!
To convert pounds into ounces you multiply the number of pounds by 16. For example two pounds equals 32 ounces (2 X 16 = 32).
The abbreviation is lbs 25 pounds = 25lbs ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "lbs" is actually incorrect. Both singular and plural for pound is "lb", because the latin word for pound is libra, abbreviated "lb".
1 kg is 2.2lb. So to find how many lb (pounds) is 625g, then divide it by 2200grams, and the answer is 0.284 lb or just over a quarter of a pound (lb). Which brings the question - why is a pound abbreviated as lb? I don't know that.
The abbreviation, lb, derives from the Latin libra pondowhich means for pound weight. So lb actually comes from libra and that has more to do with "weight" - rather than pound.
Lebanon is abbreviated as LB.
16 ounces avdp = 1 pound, abbreviated " lb ". I think ' lb ' comes from Greek or Latin "libra" meaning "scale".
1,600 pounds (lb is short for pounds).
Pounds is normally abbreviated as 'lbs.'
a pound is a lb... 3lbs is 3 pounds...