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> 3) You may have heard the memory tool "pint's a pound the world around" .
> For water:
> 1 measured cup water = 8 fluid ounces = avoir. 8 ounces =16 tablespoons.
> And there are 16 cups and 8 pints and about 8 lbs of water per gallon.

The British do not have this rhyme. The British equivalent
is "A pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter".

1 imperial pint weighs 20 oz.
1 imperial gallon (8 pints) weighs 10 lbs.

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