It really depends on the pasta shape. If it's a hollow or tubular pasta then the volume of one cup won't weight as much as a solid or long pasta.
If I measure out a bag of ziti for instance, I can get 2.5 cups out of one pound of pasta. However, if I measure out one cup of pastina or soup pasta, such as alphabet or stars, I would probably only get one cup out of a pound.
48 half cups in 12 pounds
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.
9 cups
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1.75 cups or 1 3/4.
Depends on your size and weight and the size of the 'cup'.
Half of 3 pounds is 1-1/2 pounds.
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.
Approximately 3.6 cups to a pound of dry bowtie pasta.
Approximately 3.68 cups
I would use 3 cups.