About 2 cups in pound of water.
half pound
The answer to your question will be different for each food. Sorry.
There are 2 cups in a pound of salt
There is less than 1 pound in a cup of jam. This is because a cup of something is a lot smaller than a pound of something.
16 cups per pound.
2.5 cups
half pound
1 cup is officially half a pound of water.
"there are two cups because there is 8 oz in one cup and 16 oz is one pound" You are confusing weight and volume. Ounces and liquid ounces vary depending on the density of the product. You have to know what it is that you are weighing to know how many cups of it equal a pound.
1 cup is 8 oz. -So 1/2 pound of carrots is 1 cup.
1/4 of a pound of water is 1/2 of a cup
1 cup of water is 0.5 pound.