Typically a serving is 3 or 4 ounces so the answer for 1 pound of mashed potatoes or 16 ounces would be 4 to 5 servings.
35lb of potatoes will be enough especially mashed.
I would use 40 pounds.
25 pounds of potatos shoud be about right.
I would use 25 pounds of potato
It depends what else they are eating. If a normal 3 veg and meat meal, then about 25 pounds of potato.
1 lbs o noodle it weighs 1 pound so it is one pound
To feed 300 people mashed potatoes, you'll typically want to plan for about 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup per person. This means you would need approximately 150 to 225 cups of mashed potatoes in total. Since there are about 16 cups in a gallon, this translates to about 9 to 14 gallons of mashed potatoes. Adjust according to your guests' preferences and other menu items.
Well honey, if you're serving mashed potatoes as a side dish, you'll need about 50 pounds to feed 200 people. That's assuming each person gets a generous serving, not just a measly spoonful. So grab those spuds and get mashing, because no one wants to leave a party hungry!
Well, that would give you four, four ounce servings, which is less than a cup of mashed potatoes.
One pound of of white or russet potatoes makes approximately 1 3/4 cups of mashed potatoes. Using that measurement, then five pounds of potatoes would make approximately 8 3/4 cups of mashed potatoes. Source: http://southernfood.about.com/library/info/blequivp.htm
To serve mashed potatoes for 150 people at a serving size of 4 ounces each, you will need a total of 600 ounces (150 people x 4 ounces). Since there are 16 ounces in a pound, this amounts to 37.5 pounds of mashed potatoes needed. Generally, raw potatoes yield about 2 to 2.5 times their weight when cooked and mashed, so you would need approximately 15-20 pounds of raw potatoes to produce the required amount of mashed potatoes.
40 pounds