The smallest unit of measurement is 1/16 of an inch. When you look at a ruler and count all the lines between the 1 inch and 2 inch marks you will see that there are 16 lines all together.
A single serving of pasta is generally regarded as 2 oz. (57 g) of cooked pasta for a first course or side dish. A serving can be raised 3 to 4 oz. (85 to 113 g) if it is the only course. Occasionally a serving is approximated as 1/2 cup (114 g) of pasta; however, this depends upon the shape of the pasta.
How much pasta to cook. Easy, I thought. Most pasta cookbooks and packet instructions tell me that a 500 gram packet of pasta serves four to six people. Or that a single serving is between 75 and 125 grams of dried pasta, which comes up to the same thing.But when I actually cooked an entire 500 gram packet of spaghetti for my little party, it turned out to be... A LOT!o when cooking pasta for a crowd, it is safe to cook even less, maybe work on just 40 to 50 grams of dried pasta per person, or one 500 gram packet for, say, 12 to 14 people. The trouble is, party hosts might feel embarassed if the food runs out.