1/4 cup water in weight

amother

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 9:37 am

isnt it approx 60ml?

I have the oxo angled measuring cup.

a 1/4 cup weighs 50g. if I weigh it to 60g its nearly a 1/3 cup.
I thought oxo is accurate?

amother

Valerian

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 9:38 am

Don't start weighing baby bottles, that's even scarier. Haven't found a single one that's accurate.

amother

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 10:23 am

if anyone has the one cup angled measuring cup and can measure a 1/4 and let me know in grams how much it weighs. would very much appreciate it.
I wonder if I got a fake one off amazon.

Elfrida

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 11:00 am

A standard up measure is not the same across the world. Most common measurements are 200 - 250 gram. So a quarter will also vary.

amother

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 11:12 am

Elfrida wrote:

A standard up measure is not the same across the world. Most common measurements are 200 - 250 gram. So a quarter will also vary.

but when I weighed a 1/2 cup of water it was 120g.

so the 1/4 measurement in the same m cup seems off.

amother

Offwhite

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 11:15 am

amother OP wrote:

isnt it approx 60ml?

I have the oxo angled measuring cup.

a 1/4 cup weighs 50g. if I weigh it to 60g its nearly a 1/3 cup.
I thought oxo is accurate?

Are you trying to measure g (grams) or ml (milliliters)?
Grams are weight.
Milliliters are volume.
The confusion is if you’re used to ounces. Ounces can be weight as in 16 oz in a pound. Or ounces can measure volume as in 16 oz in a cup. The 16 oz that fill a measuring cup should be called fluid ounces but no one bothers.
The markings on a measuring cup measure volume, not weight. That would be fluid oz or ml.

amother

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 11:16 am

Iymnok wrote:

1/4 cup is 59.2ml

I know but my measuring cups weighs it at 53-54. the oxo angled.

Iymnok

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 11:16 am

Double post

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amother

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 11:18 am

amother Offwhite wrote:

shouldnt a 1/4 cup in ml weigh nearly 60g?

Iymnok

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 11:21 am

amother OP wrote:

you have the oxo angled?

I do, but it doesn't have exact for ml, only 50ml increments.

Elfrida

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 11:25 am

amother OP wrote:

but when I weighed a 1/2 cup of water it was 120g.

so the 1/4 measurement in the same m cup seems off.

So in America, a standard cup is 240 ml, which would fit in with half a cup weighing 120. However, a metric cup is 250 ml, so of your OXO jug is calibrated to a metric cup, you would get a different result.

One ml of pure water weighs one gram.

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Elfrida

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 11:31 am

Iymnok wrote:

It's really about 237.5ml

Right, the site said 237 - 240g, but I simplified it for the sake of easy calculations.

https://www.splashlearn.com/ma.....oons.

Iymnok

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 11:34 am

Elfrida wrote:

Right, the site said 237 - 240g, but I simplified it for the sake of easy calculations.

https://www.splashlearn.com/ma.....oons.

Yeah, my recipes weren't coming out right so I checked the actual measurements. I also use a regular kitchen scale regularly.

amother

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 11:39 am

is a 1/4 cup water 60 ml in volume and 60 g in weight?

my angled cup gives me the weight of 60 g = 70 ml, over a 1/4 cup,

Elfrida

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 11:54 am

amother OP wrote:

is a 1/4 cup water 60 ml in volume and 60 g in weight?

my angled cup gives me the weight of 60 g = 70 ml, over a 1/4 cup,

Assuming we are talking about a metric cup of 250 ml, one quarter would weigh 62.5 grams. Sixty grams is a good working figure for cooking.

In the case of water, ml and grams can be used interchangeably. The scale was built around water. The definition of a gram is the weight of one cubic centimetre of pure water at standard temperature and pressure. So the weight is a function of the volume. So one ml weighs one gram.

It doesn't work that way with other fluids, or if there is anything g dissolved in the water.

amother

Wed, Jun 19 2024, 1:00 pm

Iymnok wrote:

Yeah, my recipes weren't coming out right so I checked the actual measurements. I also use a regular kitchen scale regularly.

it has ml and cups in one measuring jug.

1 cup-240ml