A POUND OF FEATHERS Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of iron? The answer isn't what you think! When you think you know the answer to the problem (or it's got you stumped), press the bar below to fade the page to black, and read the answer! A pound of feathers weighs more! The pound of feathers takes up a much larger volume, and the buoyant force of the air on them requires more than a pound of feathers be put on the scale to make it read one pound. BACK Resources