HELP!!!How many cups of water are in this bottle?

mwoods4146
mwoods4146 Posts: 30 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Ok so I am not a math whiz, so I need help.... My boss bought me this really cute water bottle that measures Bottle measures approximately 3 1/2" x 9 1/2". Can anyone tell me how many cups of water are in this bottle?
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  • jsapninz
    jsapninz Posts: 909 Member
    Why don't you just use a measuring cup and pour water out of it to measure?
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Wouldn't it be easier to just get a measuring cup and find out?
  • Alpine005
    Alpine005 Posts: 87 Member
    pour it into a measuring cup
  • dmf80
    dmf80 Posts: 60
    Pour water into a measuring cup (liquid measuring cup) and add it into the bottle. Repeat until full. Tally up the ounces pour in. PRESTO!
  • MoreThanMommie
    MoreThanMommie Posts: 597 Member
    Fill the bottle, then pour it into a measuring cup or bowl.
  • mmsilvia
    mmsilvia Posts: 459 Member
    Does it say how many ounces??
  • Modcom
    Modcom Posts: 18
    Why not just measure water into it?

    You must have a cup measure at home, right?
  • Meatsies
    Meatsies Posts: 351 Member
    Uh, why don't you get a liquid measuring cup (8 ounces = 1 cup of water) and fill it with 8 oz of water, dump it into your water bottle, and keep doing this until the bottle is full. Keep track of how many times you did this, and you should have a good idea of how many cups it holds. Or conversely, fill up your water bottle, then pour out the water into a measuring cup.
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    Does it matter? Just fill it up, drink it, then refill it when it's empty. Pee when you get too full, then repeat.
  • rheelizabeth
    rheelizabeth Posts: 160 Member
    by the sounds of it..it is probably either 500ml or 750ml... you would need to drink 2 and a half (and a little bit more) of the 750ml and 4 of the 500ml one...

    Just meaure out 500ml and pour it into the bottle... if it overflows, you know it's less than 500ml... if it only fills 1/2 or 3/4 you know its about a litre (1000ml)
  • purpleroses1021
    purpleroses1021 Posts: 46 Member
    Does the bottle list the number of oz it holds?
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    well, since the obvious answer has been posted...you could also try measuring you urinary output to calculate the intake of fluid from the bottle...
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    6.5 cups.
  • Bumdrahp
    Bumdrahp Posts: 1,314 Member
    Lmao.. I can't..
  • mwoods4146
    mwoods4146 Posts: 30 Member
    No it does not list how much it holds, I have searched it online and it does not specify and I am at work and not measuring cup around.
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    Why not just drink out of it and use a measuring cup when you're near one then? Trying really hard not to add Doh! to the end of that sentence :flowerforyou:
  • parys1
    parys1 Posts: 2,072 Member
    6.5 cups.

    Hmm, I think you're right. I was going to say 7 cups, but after recalculating, 6.5 is correct.
  • Royaltvii
    Royaltvii Posts: 160 Member
    My best estimate would be
    3 1/2x 91/2 =33.25 Cubic Inches = 18.42 Fluid Ounces

    but if it is not square then it is prob more like 7 ounces
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    If you're at work where you have no access to anything with a known volume... maybe just wait until you get home?
  • hiker282
    hiker282 Posts: 983 Member
    *dancing through life, swaying and sweeping la la la*
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    My best estimate would be
    3 1/2x 91/2 =33.25 Cubic Inches = 18.42 Fluid Ounces
    I don't think it's square.
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    6.5 cups.
    Hmm, I think you're right. I was going to say 7 cups, but after recalculating, 6.5 is correct.
    I got 34.87. Crap. Can you guys show me your work?
  • mwoods4146
    mwoods4146 Posts: 30 Member
    6.5 cups.

    Hmm, I think you're right. I was going to say 7 cups, but after recalculating, 6.5 is correct.

    thank you for answering the question, I appreciate that
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    My best estimate would be
    3 1/2x 91/2 =33.25 Cubic Inches = 18.42 Fluid Ounces
    I don't think it's square.

    maybe she's drinking out of this??

    square-bottle.jpg
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    d = 3.5 in
    r = 1.75 in
    h = 9.5 in
    A = pi*r^2 = 9.62in^2
    V = A*h = 91.39in^3

    91.39 cubic inches is equal to 50.64 US fl oz
    That equals 6 1/3 cups.

    But really, just take a measuring cup and fill it.
  • downsizinghoss
    downsizinghoss Posts: 1,035 Member
    step on the scale.
    Drink the full bottle of water
    step back on the scale.
    Take the weight difference.

    then using your current altitude, the outside air pressure, and the density of the last crap that you took you can calculate the exact volume of water that you consumed.

    If you haven't been tracking your crap density then I just can't help you if you won't help yourself.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    What do you think this is, MyCalculusPal?
  • keegannati
    keegannati Posts: 114
    The area that holds water on my 950ml bottle is 3"x8".
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    My best estimate would be
    3 1/2x 91/2 =33.25 Cubic Inches = 18.42 Fluid Ounces
    I don't think it's square.

    maybe she's drinking out of this??

    square-bottle.jpg
    It's possible. But one generally thinks of bottles as round, so surely she would have specified.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    6.5 cups.
    Well I got 6.4573

    Really it is all in the detail people!!! You would not want to drink too much water

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