Your bathroom scale is probably giving your weight in pounds, however, and pounds is actually a unit of force - so it is measuring your weight. It may also give you your "weight" in kg, but this number assumes you are on the Earth. ... This number of pounds *correctly* measures the force you are exerting on the scale.

What unit does a bathroom scale measure?

Scales measure how much something weighs—and they do it by measuring how much force exists between the object you're weighing and planet Earth. Although scales measure force, they give you measurements of mass in kilograms, grams, pounds, or whatever.

Do bathroom scales measure ounces?

Bathroom digital scales allow you to accurately measure your weight loss and maintenance, and digital kitchen scales allow you to be precise with cooking ingredients and portion control. Digital scales measure weight in pounds and ounces, and many include metric measurements of grams and kilograms.