It depends on what you're measuring (specifically, it depends on the density of what you're measuring).
For foodstuffs, 1 pound = 2 cups is usually pretty close.
1/2 pound of water in a cup.
no
0.35 pounds will be present in a cup.
1 cup = 0.5(rounded) pounds
Just crush two 1pt containers of raw raspberries.
half pound
1 cup is officially half a pound of water.
AnswerHow many cups of what? some thing are heavier then othersANS 2 -for most kitchen purposes a pound is 2 cups.
If your statement is accurate, then 0.6 pounds of rice. But that on the definition of a serving (which is generally about a cup of cooked rice per serving).
About 2 2/3 cups
a cup is considered a liquid measurement, not weight. eg: what is heavier, a cup of feathers or a cup of sand?
That is about 3 pounds
A half cup is going to be less then 8 oz of shredded cheese. The simplest thing is to cube or shred the cheese and then measure it in a measuring cup.