I don't know but there are 16 ounces in a pound and there are 8 ounces in a cup. 128 ounces in a gallon and a gallon of water weighs 8.33 pounds. 128 divided by 16 equals 8. Our system is not that good if you ask me. Too many odd/randon numbers to remember. The metric system is based on 10. Very easy to learn and remember.
half pound
About 2 cups in pound of water.
There are 2 cups in a pound of salt
The answer to your question will be different for each food. Sorry.
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.
2.5 cups
1 cup is officially half a pound of water.
"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.
1 cup is 8 oz. -So 1/2 pound of carrots is 1 cup.
1 cup of water is 0.5 pound.
1/4 of a pound of water is 1/2 of a cup
Zero. How many inches in a pound?