Dried pasta doubles or triples in size as it cooks and plumps up with water as it becomes re-hydrated, so you would need to measure 1 to 1-1/2 cups.
Fresh pasta does not plump up to the same degree. Look on the package, or ask the seller, to see how many servings you can expect per package.
9 cups
When cooked, dried elbow macaroni typically increases in volume by about two to two and a half times. Four cups of dried elbow macaroni will yield approximately 8 to 10 cups of cooked pasta. In terms of weight, this would be about 2 to 2.5 pounds of cooked pasta, depending on the specific cooking method and brand.
Depends WHICH pasta. -Pasta has many different weight/volume ratios.
16 oz. dry rotini pasta should equal roughly 8 cups of cooked pasta (1 cup cooked pasta = 2 oz. dry pasta)
Depends on your size and weight and the size of the 'cup'.
One pound dried pasta yields the same amount of cooked pasta as 1 1/2 pounds fresh pasta. Check the Cook's Thesaurus online to get additional details regarding what sauces work well with what type of pasta.
One pound of dry pasta yields 8 cups of cooked pasta.
2 oz dry pasta equals one cup cooked pasta.
It fills approximately 2.2 cups cooked
It is 16 ounces, because one cup is 8 fluid ounces or just ounces.-Hannah Hannah, you're confusing fluid ounces, which measure volume, with ounces that measure mass... which I believe is the situation the asker is dealing with. In my experience, about 3/4 cup of dry pasta is 2 ounces.It also depends on what type of pasta you are measuring. Two cups of orzo will weight more than two cups of penne.
About 2. Just cook some, and see how many cups you have filled once it is cooked?
Usually pasta will increase to twice its size by being cooked. For 6lbs uncooked, I would estimate 3lbs raw. A cup is a measurement of volume, and a pound is a measurement of weight so, the conversion between the two will vary.. 1lb (450g) butter or margarine = 2 cups (or four sticks). 1lb (450g) flour = 4 cups. 1lb 450 g, granulated or caster, (superfine), sugar = 2 cups. 1lb 450 g, icing sugar (confectioners' sugar) = 3 cups.