How many grams is 5 1/4 cups of water?

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How many grams is 5 1/4 cups of water?

Answer

5 1/4 US cups of water weighs
1,242 grams

One US cup (236.6 ml) of water weighs 236.6 grams, from its volume: 1 ml of water weighs about 1 g.

5 1/4 cups of water equals 1,242 grams; the way back, from grams to cups, is the Grams to Cups converter.

1 ml of water weighs about 1 g, so 5 1/4 cups of water weighs what its volume is, 1,242 ml — the question the cups to milliliters converter answers by volume.

This is the US customary cup of 236.6 ml. A recipe written for the metric cup of 250 ml (Australia, New Zealand, Canada) means 5.7 % more: 1,313 grams.

How 5 1/4 cups of water was converted to grams

grams = cups × grams in one US cup

One US cup of water weighs 236.6 grams (two hundred thirty-six point six), so multiply 5 1/4 by 236.5882365.

5 1/4 × 236.5882365 g

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1,242 grams

(one thousand two hundred forty-two grams)

The weight of the cup comes from its volume: 1 ml of water weighs about 1 g.

5 1/4 cups of other ingredients in grams

The same cup weighs differently for every ingredient: airy ones such as oats and cocoa are light, dense ones such as honey and salt heavy. Your ingredient is highlighted.

5 1/4 US cups of each ingredient in grams
Ingredient5 1/4 cups in gramsOne US cup weighs
All-purpose flour656.3 grams125 grams
Granulated sugar1,050 grams200 grams
Brown sugar, packed1,155 grams220 grams
Brown sugar, unpacked761.3 grams145 grams
Powdered sugar, unsifted630 grams120 grams
Powdered sugar, sifted525 grams100 grams
Butter1,192 grams227 grams
Water1,242 grams236.6 grams
Whole milk1,281 grams244 grams
White rice, uncooked971.3 grams185 grams
White rice, cooked829.5 grams158 grams
Rolled oats425.3 grams81 grams
Honey1,780 grams339 grams
Table salt1,533 grams292 grams
Cocoa powder451.5 grams86 grams
Plain yogurt1,286 grams245 grams
Olive oil1,134 grams216 grams
Vegetable oil1,145 grams218 grams
Heavy cream1,250 grams238 grams
Sour cream1,208 grams230 grams
Peanut butter1,355 grams258 grams
Cornstarch672 grams128 grams

If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 5 1/4 cups is across every ingredient at once.

The other way round: how many cups a weight fills

This page starts from cups and answers in grams. The opposite question — how many cups a weight from a recipe fills — is what the grams to cups converter is for. Both read the same USDA weights, so their numbers agree: 100 grams of water is 0.42 cups there.

See Also

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  • Oz to Grams - Convert Ounces to Grams
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About "Cups to Grams" Calculator

This converter turns US cups of an ingredient into grams. The weight of a cup depends on what fills it: a cup of all-purpose flour weighs 125 grams, a cup of sugar 200 grams and a cup of honey 339 grams. Type the cups the way a recipe writes them — 1/2, 1 1/2 or 0.75 — and pick the ingredient, or leave it on “any ingredient” to see all 19 at once. For example, it can help you find out how many grams is 5 1/4 cups of water? (The answer is: 1,242). Cup weights come from USDA FoodData Central, and the cup is the US customary cup of 236.6 ml.
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US cups of water to grams

CupsGrams
3 1/3 cups788.6 grams
3 1/2 cups828.1 grams
3 3/4 cups887.2 grams
4 cups946.4 grams
4 1/4 cups1,006 grams
4 1/2 cups1,065 grams
5 cups1,183 grams
5 1/4 cups1,242 grams
5 1/2 cups1,301 grams
6 cups1,420 grams
6 1/2 cups1,538 grams
7 cups1,656 grams
7 1/2 cups1,774 grams
8 cups1,893 grams
9 cups2,129 grams

FAQ

How many grams is 5 1/4 cups of water?

5 1/4 US cups of water weighs 1,242 grams

How do you work out 5 1/4 cups of water in grams?

Multiply the cups by the weight of one US cup of water: 5 1/4 × 236.5882365 ≈ 1,242. The weight of one US cup comes from its volume: 1 ml of water weighs about 1 g.

How many cups is 100 grams of water?

0.42 US cups — 100 g divided by the 236.6 grams that one US cup of it weighs.

Is a gram of water the same as a milliliter?

Almost exactly: 1 ml of water weighs about 1 g, so 5 1/4 cups of water, 1,242 ml, weighs 1,242 grams. That is why this page counts a cup of water as its volume instead of taking a figure from a table.