The conversion between pounds and cup are given .On finding the relation we get as follows .
now,
1 cuup=0.521 pounds .
half pound
The answer to your question will be different for each food. Sorry.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_volume_cooking.htmBrown: 1 pound = 2.255556278906 cup [US]Confectionary: 1 pound = 3.485859703764 cup [US]Granulated: 1 pound = 2.366941774161 cup [US]Powdered: 1 pound = 3.485859703764 cup [US]
About 2 cups in pound of water.
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.
No, it is half a pound.
"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.
One cup is 8 oz . So a half pound of flour is one cup
1 cup is 8 oz. -So 1/2 pound of carrots is 1 cup.
There are 2 cups in a pound of salt
1 pound of ground ham will be equal to 2 cups.
Rotini is about 160 grams per cup, so about 2.8 cups in a pound of rotini