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First ... check your Maximum Weight and change that to 50

Next, set both Tare to 0:0

0 may work, but the correct setting is 0:0 to not add extra weight ...

Most likely you turned it off in the Configuration ... Shipping/Packaging ...


Personally I like it off too ... but it does help to see the value when testing ...

Sorry, depending on your settings it may or may not show the order weight on the checkout_shipping ... you appear to have this turned off ...

Also check your settings in the Configuration ... Shipping/Packaging ... and see what you have set for:
Maximum Weight (default is 50)
Tare Rate (default is 0:3 which is add 3lbs) set to 0:0 for...

If you enter the Product Weight as .2 and add 1 to the cart ... how much weight do you see in the checkout_shipping for the shipping methods?

3.2 x 5 = 16 oz

However, Zen Cart is using the products_weight in pounds ...

You need to enter the 3.2 oz in relation to pounds ...

3.2 oz = .2 pounds

.2 pounds * 5 = 1 pound