Pounds and Cups Calculator
Convert between pounds (lb) and cups for ingredients such as flour, sugar, butter, margarine and more. A reference table of common ingredients and their cup to pound conversion can be found in our ingredients listings.
How many cups does a pound contain?
A pound is a unit of mass measurement used in Great Britain, the United States, and some other nations worldwide. The pound is abbreviated as Ib, Ibs, and Ibm. The pound is also known as the British pound.
When purchasing American goods, we will be charged by the seller in pounds, so you need to memorize the conversion value or how to convert to kilograms easily and quickly. Even though the pound unit is not very popular in Vietnam today, it is still used in certain circumstances, such as those described above.
The cup is used to measure volume, whereas the pound is used to measure the mass of a material or an ingredient. This is the most fundamental distinction between the two units of measurement. Converting from pounds to cups yields better results in various ways when working with dry materials.
Using them, the following calculations or value conversions are carried out:
1 US (avoirdupois) pound
1.91 cups
1 UK/imperial (Troy) pound
0.66 cups
How Do You Convert Pounds to Cups of Butter?
To answer your question, here is how you can convert pounds to cups: You will receive a response from us.
Cups = pounds × 2
Using the formula presented earlier, below is an illustration of how to convert 10 pounds into cups. 10 lb = (10 × 2) = 20 c |
Pound to Cup Conversion Table
Pounds | Cups | Pounds | Cups |
2 lb | 4 c | 12 lb | 24 c |
3 lb | 6 c | 13 lb | 26 c |
5 lb | 10 c | 15 lb | 30 c |
7 lb | 14 c | 17 lb | 34 c |
8 lb | 16 c | 18 lb | 36 c |
10 lb | 20 c | 20 lb | 40 c |
Pounds and cups for pasta
Pasta | Number of cups per pound (cooked) |
Fettuccine | 4 |
Spaghetti | 3 ½ |
Macaroni | 4 |
Penne | 4 |
Pounds and cups for flour
Flour type | US cups | UK cups |
(wheat) all purpose | 3.2 | 3 |
(wheat) for baking | 4.3 | 4 |
buckwheat | 2.9 | 2.7 |
soy | 2.8 | 2.7 |
corn starch | 2.9 | 2.8 |
potato starch | 2.7 | 2.5 |