How many cups of confectionary sugar is in 1 pound?

2 cups it's simple math

There are 2 cups

there are 16

according to the Betty Crocker Cookbook there are 2 cups of sugar in a pound.   Sugar does have a density which would be approx 2 cups and 2 tablespoons per pound. In most cases you can equate...

Two cups of sugar are in one pound. Answer. Two cups