It is the 2,000 pound one. There are two other units of ton.
There are two types of tonnes, with a slightly different mass. A ton is equal to 2000 pounds. Another type of ton (sometimes called "metric ton" to clarify) is equal to 1000 kilograms.
1 'customary' ton = 2,000 pounds, anywhere 1 metric ton = 1,000 kilograms of mass It weighs 2,204.6 pounds on Earth, but different amounts in other places.
One 'metric ton'. On earth, that much mass weighs roughly 2204.62 pounds (rounded), or 10.23% more than a 'customary' ton.
A ton - sometimes called "metric ton", to avoid confusion with the other ton - is equal to 1000 kilograms. Metric prefixes (Mega, Giga, Tera, ...) might be used for larger units, but it is customary to specify larger masses either in kilograms or in tons.
It is a customary unit.
a metric ton
Depends on if by 'customary' you're referring to a short ton or a long ton. A short ton is less than a metric ton; a long ton is more than a metric ton.
Metric
There are two types of tonnes, with a slightly different mass. A ton is equal to 2000 pounds. Another type of ton (sometimes called "metric ton" to clarify) is equal to 1000 kilograms.
2000 pounds in 1 ton. It can't be converted to volume with out more information. a ton of gold and a ton of feathers. Same weight but different in volume. alandw ADDED: That's USA ton. UK ton = 2240lbs.
2200 pounds is called a "ton" in the Imperial system and a "short ton" in the US customary system.
1 'customary' ton = 2,000 pounds, anywhere 1 metric ton = 1,000 kilograms of mass It weighs 2,204.6 pounds on Earth, but different amounts in other places.
One 'metric ton'. On earth, that much mass weighs roughly 2204.62 pounds (rounded), or 10.23% more than a 'customary' ton.
16 in a pound or a pint 32 in a quart 8 in a cup 128 in a gallon 32,000 in a ton
A tonne is a metric unit, equivalent to 1,000 kg. A ton is an imperial unit (long ton) equivalent to 2240 avoirdupois pounds and US customary unit (short ton) equivalent to 2,000 US pounds. 1 tonne = 1.10231 short tons = 0.984206528 long tons.
2000 pounds is equal to 1 ton in the United States customary system. This is the standard conversion, where 1 ton is defined as 2000 pounds. In other measurement systems, such as the metric system, a ton can refer to different values, but specifically for the US ton, the equivalence holds true.
A ton - sometimes called "metric ton", to avoid confusion with the other ton - is equal to 1000 kilograms. Metric prefixes (Mega, Giga, Tera, ...) might be used for larger units, but it is customary to specify larger masses either in kilograms or in tons.