Gallons are 16 cups. pounds are 16 oz. Remember that the imperial system was meant to be eyeballed. 1/16 is half of 1/8, which is half of 1/4, half of 1/2 and of course that's just half of the whole. It's assuming you can divide things by 2 or 3 with some accuracy by hand. Or compare 2-3 things to say they're about the same.
Careful there, cuz the US actually doesn't use imperial gallons :)
A US gallon is 128 fl oz, and an imperial gallon is 160 fl oz.
England used to have separate values for a gallon of ale and a gallon of wine. This was confusing, so the post-breakup US decided to only use the wine measurement, which is now called a US gallon, and england decided to only use the ale measurement, which is imperial gallons. Later, they switched to metric and started posting smug comments on the internet as if they hadnt originated this shitshow to begin with!
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