tablespoon of paprika

Question

1 tablespoon of paprika weighs 0.25 ounces. what would 1/2 cups of paprika weigh in pounds?

Answer 1

Hi Meeka, in dry measure, 1 tablespoon is equal to 1/2 ounce. 1 cup is 8 ounces, therefore, 1/2 is 4 ounces or 8 tablespoons.

 

To find out how much 1/2 cup of paprika weighs, multiply the number of tablespoons in 1/2 cup, 8, by the weight of 1 tablespoon of paprika, .25 ounces, to get the weight of 1/2 cup of paprika in ounces.

 

8 * .25 = 2 ounces, or 1/2 cup of paprika weighs 2 ounces.

 

To find out how much 1/2 cup of paprika weighs in pounds, we need to divide the 2 ounces by 16, the number of ounces in one pound.

 

Weight of 1/2 cup of paprika in pounds = 2 / 16 = 1 / 8 pounds. As a decimal, this would be .125 pounds.

 

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