it takes the weight of an object on earth and converts it to Martian weight, the formula is Weight on Mars= (Weight on Earth/9.81m/s2) * 3.711m/s2. To find the Martian weight, we divide the weight on earth by the earth's force of gravity, which is 9.81m/s2. This calculates the mass of the object. Once we have the object's mass, we can find the weight by multiplying it by the gravitational force, which it is subject to. Being that Mars has a gravitational force of 3.711m/s2, we multiply the object's mass by this quanitity to calculate an object's weight on mars.
So an object or person on Mars would weigh 37.83% its weight on earth. Therefore, a person would be much lighter on mars. Conversely, a person is 62.17% heavier on earth than on Mars.