1 cup of butter = 8 oz
2 cups of butter is 16 oz, which is 1 pound.
One pound of butter has 2 cups.
Most butter sold in the US is marked on the wrapper - if you get a package typically sold in a grocery store, it's a 1lb box with 4 individually wrapped cubes inside. Each of the cubes is marked as 8 tbsp which is 1/2 cup.
Typically, a pound of butter is 4 sticks. Each stick is 1/2 cup. Therefore 4 sticks is one pound and 2 sticks is (or one cup) is 1/2 pound.
1 cup is 8 oz. - So that is about 6 cups of butter.
Half pound
1 "stick" of butter = 1/2 cup (not 1 cup as previously stated in this answer) Therefore, 1lb. of butter = 2 cups So, 56 lbs. of butter = 112 cups
half a cup of butter = 1 stick
About 1/4 pound
226.8 grams is in one cup of butter
2 sticks of butter equal 1 cup
That is approximately 11 ounces, or 0.72 pounds
1/2 cup = 1 stick of butter
1 cup = 8 ounces 1 ounce = 0.12 cup
1/4 cup of butter = 57 g 1/3 cup of butter = 76 g 1/2 cup of butter = 113 g 1 cup of butter = 226 g
115grams of butter will equal to 1/2 cup.