A stock index or stock market index is a measurement of the value of a section of the stock market. It is computed from the prices of selected stocks (typically a weighted average). It is a tool used by investors and financial managers to describe the market, and to compare the return on specific investments.
The answer is that there is â Cup of cubed cheese in a Â¼ block of cheese, or 2.5 cups of cubed cheese in a pound. There is also 1 cup of of shredded cheese in a Â¼ block of cheese or 4 cups in a pound of cheese.
There are 2 cups in a pint, so 2 cups of water would weigh about  one pound as stated.    However, this does not work in general because a cup is a unit  of volume and an pound is a unit of weight.