{"id":269505,"date":"2025-07-24T15:44:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=269505"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:44:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:44:56","slug":"one-pound-of-butter-is-2-cups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/24\/one-pound-of-butter-is-2-cups\/","title":{"rendered":"One pound of butter is 2 cups."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One pound of butter is 2 cups. \u2022 How many pounds of butter do they need for their cookies (they will need 5 5\/8 c butter)? lbs \u2022 How many cups will be left over? c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve this problem, we need to calculate how many pounds of butter are needed and how many cups will be left over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Given:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 pound of butter = 2 cups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The recipe calls for 5 5\/8 cups of butter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Convert cups to pounds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1 pound = 2 cups, we can set up a conversion factor to determine how many pounds are needed for 5 5\/8 cups of butter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, express 5 5\/8 as an improper fraction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 5\/8 = 5 + 5\/8 = 40\/8 + 5\/8 = 45\/8 cups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, we know that 1 pound = 2 cups, so to convert 45\/8 cups into pounds:pounds=458\u00d712=4516\u2009pounds\\text{pounds} = \\frac{45}{8} \\times \\frac{1}{2} = \\frac{45}{16} \\, \\text{pounds}pounds=845\u200b\u00d721\u200b=1645\u200bpounds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the number of pounds of butter required is 45\/16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can simplify this to a mixed fraction:4516=2\u2009pounds\u2009and\u20091316\u2009pounds.\\frac{45}{16} = 2 \\, \\text{pounds} \\, \\text{and} \\, \\frac{13}{16} \\, \\text{pounds}.1645\u200b=2poundsand1613\u200bpounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, they need 2 pounds and 13\/16 pounds of butter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Find how many cups will be left over<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1 pound of butter equals 2 cups, 2 pounds of butter will give us:2\u2009pounds\u00d72\u2009cups&nbsp;per&nbsp;pound=4\u2009cups.2 \\, \\text{pounds} \\times 2 \\, \\text{cups per pound} = 4 \\, \\text{cups}.2pounds\u00d72cups&nbsp;per&nbsp;pound=4cups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the total required is 5 5\/8 cups. 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