Question

a european cheese making recipe calls for 2.50 kg of whole milk. An american wishes to make the recipe has only measuring cups, which are marked in cups. If the density of milk is l.03 g/cm^3 how many cups of milk does he need?

Answer 1

To determine the number of cups of milk, we first calculate for the volume of the milk needed. Then, we use a conversion factor for the volume from cubic centimeter to cups. From literature, 1 cubic centimeter is equal to 0.0042 cup. We do as follows:

Volume of milk = ( 2.50 kg ) ( 1000 g / 1 kg ) / 1.03 g /cm^3 = 2427.18 cm^3
cups of milk = 2427.18 cm^3 ( 0.0042 cup / 1 cm^3 ) = 10.19 cups