Foot pound to inch pound converter

The Foot pound to inch pound converter computes foot pound to inch pound from the relation in lbf = ft lbf x 12.000000000000002. It takes a single input (foot pound in ft lbf) and returns the inch pound in in lbf. These converters are for anyone who has a quantity written in one unit and needs it in another before acting on it: shoppers and cooks working from foreign packaging or recipes, students and technicians reading specifications drafted in a different system, and travellers and tradespeople judging whether a figure quoted in units they do not work in every day fits the limit they have to meet. Enter your values below and the result updates instantly, and you can share a permalink that pre-fills the exact calculation. Check that the unit named on the figure in front of you is the one you have selected, since names such as gallon, ton and ounce each cover more than one definition; convert directly from the original number rather than stepping through intermediate units; and carry no more decimal places into the answer than the original measurement genuinely had, because a converted value cannot be more precise than the reading behind it. For example, with foot pound = 10 ft lbf, the inch pound works out to 120 in lbf, and the worked example further down the page shows every step so you can follow the arithmetic and reproduce it by hand. The method is the standard form documented by NIST SP 811 / BIPM SI, and the figure above each result carries the date it was last verified. Some unit pairs convert by an exact rule while others give a result that never terminates and has to be rounded to fit the display, so the last digit shown here can differ from what another converter displays, and where a converted quantity governs a trade, dosing or contractual amount it is the tolerance allowed for that transaction, not the decimals on screen, that decides whether the value passes.

With foot pound = 10 ft lbf, the result is 120 in lbf.

Formula: in lbf = ft lbf x 12.000000000000002. Source: NIST SP 811 / BIPM SI, as at 2026-06-22.

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Applies to: any numeric inputs. Method source: NIST SP 811 / BIPM SI, checked 2026-06-22.

The formula

in lbf = ft lbf x 12.000000000000002

Worked example

With foot pound = 10 ft lbf:

  1. in lbf = ft lbf x 12.000000000000002
  2. = 10 x 12.000000000000002
  3. inch pound = 120 in lbf

This worked example is one of the automated golden-value tests this calculator must pass before it can publish.

What this assumes

  • Inputs are real numbers in the units shown.
  • The result is the exact value of in lbf = ft lbf x 12.000000000000002; general information, not professional advice.

Frequently asked questions

What formula does this use?

in lbf = ft lbf x 12.000000000000002, the standard form documented by NIST SP 811 / BIPM SI.

Does the result ever change over time?

No. This is a pure formula with no external rate, so the same inputs always give the same result.

Official sources and verification

Reviewed by the CalculatorHub team, edited by James Graham, 2026-06-22. See our methodology. General information, not professional advice.