THE ANSWER DEPENDS UPON THE TYPE OF MATERIAL BEING MEASURED, THE FARMER'S ALMANAC SAYS: 3-1/2 CUPS OF WHEAT FLOUR = 1 POUND 2 CUPS OF GRANULATED SUGAR = 1 POUND 4 CUPS OF COCOA =1 POUND ETC. ETC.
There are 16 ounces in a pound (solid)! There are 8 ounces in a cup (liquid)!
at least 2 cup
A half pound of dry macaroni is typically equivalent to about 2 cups in volume.
There are 16 dry ounces to the pound.
1 cup = 8 ounces 1 ounce = 0.12 cup
According to muellerspasta.com, 3/4 cup dry equals 1 cup cooked.
half pound
About 2/3 a cup of dry pinto beans will result in one pound of cooked pinto beans. One pound of dry pinto beans = 2 cups of dry beans = 6 cups of cooked pinto beans 2 cups of cooked beans = about 16 ounces = one pound of cooked beans
About 2 cups in pound of water.
Yes, there are 8 fluid ounces to the cup. Don't confuse the fluid ounce with the dry ounce. There are 16 dry ounces (avoirdupois) to the pound.
One cup of dry rice weighs 6.9 oz. so 1 pound of dry rice is about 2 1/3 cup. From: http://pages.prodigy.net/jmiller.cb/s810.html
i think it is 16 or 20