1 ton is 2000 pounds.
There are multiple types of "tons". If you are referring to the American unit of mass, otherwise known as the "short ton", is equivalent to 2,000 pounds. This "ton" is mainly used by those in the United States, and formerly, Canada. The United Kingdom unit, known as "long ton", is equivalent to 2,240 pounds. This type of "ton" is mainly used in the United Kingdom and nations that formerly or currently use the Imperial system. There is also the "tonne" or "metric ton" which is used worldwide. The "tonne" is equivalent to 1,000 kg, or 2,204.623 pounds. This "tonne" is defined in the International System of Units.
The ton is a unit of measurement for weights. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica the word “ton” originates from the word “tun” which refers to big wine casks. Initially, the word “ton” was used to denote large weights of any form. Later on, it was “standardized at twenty hundredweight”. The hundredweight is also known as quintal or centum weight. It is a unit of weight that takes on various values, depending on whether one uses the American or Imperial systems of measurement—American English refers to the two systems of measurement as the “short” and “long” hundredweight, while British English calls them the “cental” and “imperial” hundredweight respectively. Thus, based on these definitions, we have the following conversions for the ton:
For the short hundredweight, 1 hundredweight = 100 lb (45.3592 Kg). Thus, 1 ton = 20 x 100 lb = 2000 lb (907.184 Kg)
For the long hundredweight, 1 hundredweight = 112 lb (50.8023 Kg). Thus 1 ton = 20 x 112 lb = 2240 lb (1016.046 Kg)
However, the most commonly used form of the ton is what is called the “metric ton” or “tonne”, where 1 metric ton = 1000 Kg = 2204.62 lb. The tonne is defined in the International System of Units.
https://www.britannica.com/science/ton
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