there are 20 cups in a 5 lb. bag of flour
There are 3.6 cups in 1 pound of flour, or 18 cups in a 5 pound bag of flour.
There are 3.6 cups in 1 pound of flour, or 18 cups in a 5 pound bag of flour.
it depends on the size and volume of the cup you are using
The correct answer is really dependant on the type of flour involved, but as a general rule of thumb, four cups. Soya flour is nearer 5 cups, sifted cake flour 4.25 cups.
there are four cups because if 20 cups of flour equal 5lb bag divide 20 by 5=4
The full size package of flour sold at the grocery is 5 pounds. A five pound bag of flour contains 18.25 cups (or 18 1/4 cups) of flour.
Four cups of flour equal 1 lb., so there are 20 cups of flour in a 5 lb. bag.Also, two cups of sugar equal 1 lb., so there are 10 cups of sugar in a 5 lb. bag.Improved AnswerFour cups of flour does not equal one pound. That response is confusing weight with volume...one cup does not automatically equal eight ounces. The weight depends on the product inside that cup!All purpose flour in general provides 3.63 cups of flour per pound.
I think there is ten
Approximately 10 cups - but this is dependant on the type of flour to be used. Sifted White cake flour is about 4.25 cups to the pound, so it would be just over 10.5 cups.
there are about 4.5 cups per pound, so 22.5 in all. Amounts may differ for loose flour, tight packed flour and there are different flours as well. An average is quoted here.
According to my postal digital scale, there are 2.5 cups of wheat per pound of wheat berries. On average you will get 1.5 cups flour from 1 cup of wheat. So that would be about 3.33 cups of wheat which is aproximately 1.5 pounds of wheat.
That is approximately 4.674 cups if plain white flour.