2 1/4 cups equals how many pounds?!

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>It depends on what you put into the cup. A cup of lead metal is going to be a lot heavier than a cup of water...I think you get the idea. There is also such a thing as a packed versus an unpacked cup (for flour and sugar measures).

A typical way to translate volumetrics to weight units is to look at the weight of water. One standard cup holds 236 milliliters of water. One milliliter of water weights one gram. So one cup of water weighs 236 grams.

2.25 cups x 236 = 531 grams

There are 453.6 grams in one US pound

531/453.6 = 1.17 Lbs to be exact

The 0.17 lbs translates to 0.17 x 16 = 2.73 weight ounces

So the exact measure in weight is 1 Lb + 1.7 weight ounces

Rachel,

As the others have said you have a problem; cups = volume a cup of rice crisps weighs less than 1 cup of flour which weighs different from water, oil etc..

But all is not lost. Try looking at the original container of the ingredient you want to measure. It should have a volume and weight listed on the out side. If it does not break it down for you weigh the full container and compare it to the net gallons or liters listed on the outside. Convert the volume of the container cups so you can compare it to the 2.25 cup volume. Pull out your 5th grade math and do a ratio proportion problem where you have the wt. of the full container is to the volume of the full container as X is to 2.25 cups. Solve the problem container wt. times 2.25 cups divided by container volume = weight of 2.25 cups of the ingredient. This should be close enough for most purposes.

Depends on what you are measuring, but if you're measuring liquids 1 cup=8 ounces, therefore 2 1/4 cups =1.125 pounds.

It depends on what you are measuring. Cups and pounds don't measure the same thing. Pounds measure weight, cups measure volume.

It will depend on what is in the cup.
2?C water = 1.250kg