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Using standard conversions I came up with the following:

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1 cup equals 8 ounces, then 8 ounces equals 226.796 grams or 1/2-pound (.499) or not quite 1/4-kilo (.226) However, this is only necessarily true for water-based liquids. Cups measure volume but ounces and pounds measure weight. One cup happens to equal 8 ounces in water-based liquids, where 1 fluid ounce equals 1 ounce. But this isn't true for Parmesan cheese or other solids (do you think a cup of lead weighs half a pound?). Unfortunately, I don't know the answer but it's probably not 226 grams!
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