{"id":245634,"date":"2025-07-06T10:15:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T10:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=245634"},"modified":"2025-07-06T10:15:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T10:15:37","slug":"sam-weighs-51-kg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/06\/sam-weighs-51-kg\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam weighs 51 kg."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sam weighs 51 kg. What is the weight to the nearest stone? Use the conversion 1 kg = 2.2 pounds and 14 pounds = 1 stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To convert Sam&#8217;s weight of 51 kg into stones, follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Convert kilograms to pounds.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that 1 kilogram equals 2.2 pounds. So to convert 51 kg to pounds, multiply 51 by 2.2:51\u2009kg\u00d72.2\u2009poundskg=112.2\u2009pounds51 \\, \\text{kg} \\times 2.2 \\, \\frac{\\text{pounds}}{\\text{kg}} = 112.2 \\, \\text{pounds}51kg\u00d72.2kgpounds\u200b=112.2pounds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Convert pounds to stones.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, we need to convert pounds to stones. We know that 1 stone equals 14 pounds. To convert 112.2 pounds to stones, divide 112.2 by 14:112.2\u2009pounds14\u2009poundsstone=8.014\u2009stones\\frac{112.2 \\, \\text{pounds}}{14 \\, \\frac{\\text{pounds}}{\\text{stone}}} = 8.014 \\, \\text{stones}14stonepounds\u200b112.2pounds\u200b=8.014stones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Round to the nearest stone.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the value is 8.014 stones, we round it to the nearest whole number, which is <strong>8 stones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Answer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam weighs approximately <strong>8 stones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First, we converted kilograms to pounds using the given conversion factor (1 kg = 2.2 pounds). Then, we converted pounds to stones by dividing the total pounds by 14, since 1 stone = 14 pounds. Finally, we rounded the result to the nearest stone. This method ensures a precise and understandable conversion from kilograms to stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner5-678.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245635\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam weighs 51 kg. What is the weight to the nearest stone? Use the conversion 1 kg = 2.2 pounds and 14 pounds = 1 stone. The Correct Answer and Explanation is: To convert Sam&#8217;s weight of 51 kg into stones, follow these steps: Step 1: Convert kilograms to pounds. We know that 1 kilogram [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}