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

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  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 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.

    Drink out of it and when you get home, measure by filling it up with a cup and tally it up, THEN input into MFP
  • jetabear10
    jetabear10 Posts: 375 Member
    Thanks for the pages of laughter people! I needed that on a Monday.
  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 Member
    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?

    Assuming you mean 3-1/2 diameter and not circumference, and assuming your numbers are right, the bottle holds about 50 ounces of water, or about 6.25 cups.

    Hope this helps.
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    Bottle measures approximately 3 1/2" x 9 1/2".
    Is it really 9 1/2 " tall? Really? Is it taller than a piece of regular copy paper? Really?
  • stubbysticks
    stubbysticks Posts: 1,275 Member
    How on earth are you supposed to count the calories in your water without knowing the precise volume of your water receptacle??

    Ugh...so frustrating. I give up. I'm just going to fill up my bottle with high fructose corn syrup.
  • majaminceva
    majaminceva Posts: 10
    This problem remind me of the film Die hard with Brus Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Irons when SIMON SAYS: "Using only a 5 gallon jug and a 3 gallon jug, pour exactly 4 gallons of water into one of the jugs".
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    Bottle measures approximately 3 1/2" x 9 1/2".
    Is it really 9 1/2 " tall? Really? Is it taller than a piece of regular copy paper? Really?

    Good call. Maybe OP could tell us where they got this giant water bottle so we could just look it up the Google machine.
  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 Member
    What do you think this is, MyCalculusPal?

    Not calculus, simple arithmetic.
  • Royaltvii
    Royaltvii Posts: 160 Member
    This is probably the best thing to do go home later and measure it. Makes since to me...forget all the math I have been doing and sucking at and listen to that advice instead. lol. :-)
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    Crying with laughter here. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    Bottle measures approximately 3 1/2" x 9 1/2".
    Is it really 9 1/2 " tall? Really? Is it taller than a piece of regular copy paper? Really?
    Good call. Maybe OP could tell us where they got this giant water bottle so we could just look it up the Google machine.
    Found it!

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  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 Member
    If it is not squared it would be
    91/2+ 3/12= 13 Cubic Inches = 7.2 ounces

    Assuming a two-dimensional object could hold water...
  • Royaltvii
    Royaltvii Posts: 160 Member
    That's hilarious, thanks for the laugh!
  • beckylawrence70
    beckylawrence70 Posts: 752 Member
    ditto.......
  • DannyMussels
    DannyMussels Posts: 1,842 Member
    3 cups of water

    or 4 cups of milk
  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 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)

    If those really are the dimensions, it's closer to 1.5 liters...
  • DEEDLYNN
    DEEDLYNN Posts: 235 Member
    I'm always late to the party. I can see that my expertise is not needed here. Carry on!
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    I agree with all the others, measure. Then if it comes out an odd amount, make a mark on the bottle for an even cup amount so you don't get further confused.
  • AZKristi
    AZKristi Posts: 1,801 Member
    Assuming that 3.5 inches is the diameter of the base (which I realize is a big assumption)....

    3.5 / 2 = 1.75 in = radius

    r squared = 3.06 * pi = 9.62 * 9.5 = 91.4 cubic inches * (0.554 ounces / cubic inch ) = 50.6 ounces
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
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  • rjt1000
    rjt1000 Posts: 700 Member
    I think this is a Kobayashi Maru exercise and there is no correct answer.
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    I think this is a Kobayashi Maru exercise and there is no correct answer.
    (high five)
  • InTenn
    InTenn Posts: 99
    Bottle measures approximately 3 1/2" x 9 1/2".
    Is it really 9 1/2 " tall? Really? Is it taller than a piece of regular copy paper? Really?

    Good call. Maybe OP could tell us where they got this giant water bottle so we could just look it up the Google machine.
    Most copy paper is 11 inches tall. a 9" or so insulated mug is hardly rare.

    v=Pi x r^2 x h

    D=3.5" so R=1.75" h=9.5", so vol in cubic inches is 3.14 x 1.75 x 1.75 x 9.5 = 91 cubic inches.
    1 cup = 14.47 cubic inches, so 91/14.47 = 6.3 cups.

    That's probably accurate enough for the purposes of counting water.
  • mjoekidd
    mjoekidd Posts: 45
    ~6.33 cups of water


    Joe
  • sathor
    sathor Posts: 202 Member
    well, if it has a barcode, you could type the UPC into google and let that tell you. Beyond that, everything is conjecture untill you find the manufacture's claimed volume, or you fill it and measure it for yourself. Really, we don't know the thickness of the walls of the bottle, the slope, the parttern on the bottom, if the bottle is square or round, if the sidewalls are smoth or groved, the slop at the top to the drinking part, if any, and so on.
  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 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

    Is it flat? You're off by a factor of about 15... I get:

    3.5" diameter is 1.75" radius. Area of circle is 3.14 * 1.75^2 = 9.62 in ^2 9.62 * 9.5 = 91.39 in^3 91.39 in^3 = 50.64 ounces, or 6.3 cups.
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    Bottle measures approximately 3 1/2" x 9 1/2".
    Is it really 9 1/2 " tall? Really? Is it taller than a piece of regular copy paper? Really?
    Good call. Maybe OP could tell us where they got this giant water bottle so we could just look it up the Google machine.
    Most copy paper is 11 inches tall. a 9" or so insulated mug is hardly rare.
    True -- I had in mind measuring against the short side of the paper.

    It's not an insulated mug, though. It's a "really cute water bottle".
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    Bottle measures approximately 3 1/2" x 9 1/2".
    Is it really 9 1/2 " tall? Really? Is it taller than a piece of regular copy paper? Really?

    copy paper is 11
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    AlayshaJ Posts: 703 Member
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    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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