Wednesday, September 24, 2014

How Many Ounces In A Cup

A cup is equal to 8 fluid ounces.

1 Cup [US] = 8 Ounces [Fluid, US]

1 Cup [Metric] = 8.7988 Ounces [Fluid, UK]

What is Cup?
Cup is a non standard volume measurement unit which used in diverse measurement systems. This mostly used in cooking to measure liquid, bulk, dry foods. Depend on what you would like to measure. A cup of chopped carrot will weigh more than a cup of chopped marshmallow. There are different materials or shapes of cup.

What is Fluid Ounce?
Fluid ounce is a volume unit in numerous measurement systems which are normally used unit in cooking recipes. It's abbreviated as "fl oz". Ounce is also used as a weight unit but to distinguish between these two, volume unit is called fluid ounce.

This standard - as with standard spoon measurements - varies from country to country.


1 comment:

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