It would be roughly 2 cups per pound. You would probably get 9 cups from a 5 pound bag. Cups is a measure of volume. Pounds is a measure of weight and mass. You can not directly convert the two.
Domino® Sugar Company 5 pounds of dry sugar is equal to 11 ½ dry cups. http://www.dominosugar.com/baking/conversions.asp
Well, since it was not specified on the type of sugar.... 10 cups granulated sugar = 5 pounds 17 1/2 cups confectioners sugar = 5 pounds 12 1/2 cups brown sugar = 5 pounds
approximately 11.25 cups in 5 pounds of granulated sugar
One cup of sugar on my scale = 8 ounces. If my scale is correct, then there is 10 cups of sugar in 5 pounds of sugar.
That is approximately 2.2 cups.
There are 11 1/4 cups sugar in 5 lbs. One pound = 2 1/4 cups
4 cups of sugar is approximately 2 pounds.
The Betty Crocker Cookbook states that there are 2 cups of sugar in a pound.
almost 11 1/2 Cups
That is approximately 8 pounds
Five pounds of white granulated sugar contains approximately ten cups of sugar.
1 pound of granulated sugar is 2 cups. 2.2 pounds of sugar would equal 4.2 cups. However, this measurement will change based on what you are measuring. Pound measures mass and cups measure volume.
In a 5 pound bag of sugar there are 80 ounces, 5 X 16=80. There are 8 ounces per cup, so there are 10 cups in 5 pounds of sugar.