Convert Cups to fluid ounces (cup to fl oz)

To convert cups to fluid ounces (cup to fl oz), multiply by 8. 1 cup equals 8 fl oz, about 67% of a soft-drink can.

1 cup equals
8fl oz
1 cup = 8 fl oz · 1 fl oz = 0.125 cup
cup = - fl oz
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A cup is not the same everywhere. These figures use the US customary cup of 236.59 mL. Australian, New Zealand and Canadian recipes use a metric cup of 250 mL (AS 1325); US nutrition labels use 240 mL (21 CFR 101.9); older British recipes use an imperial cup of 284 mL; a Japanese cup is 200 mL. Check where your recipe was written before converting, and for baking weigh in grams if you can. These figures use the US fluid ounce of 29.57 mL. The UK imperial fluid ounce is 28.41 mL, and US nutrition labels round to 30 mL (21 CFR 101.9).

Reference table

cupsfluid ounces
1 cup8 fl oz
2 cups16 fl oz
5 cups40 fl oz
10 cups80 fl oz
25 cups200 fl oz
50 cups400 fl oz
100 cups800 fl oz
250 cups2,000 fl oz
500 cups4,000 fl oz
1000 cups8,000 fl oz

Is the cups to fl-oz conversion exact?

The factor is 8.00000, which is derived rather than defined, so any decimal you see has been rounded somewhere.

For mental arithmetic the factor is close enough to 8 to use directly: multiply cups by 8 and the answer is right to within a rounding error.

The reverse factor is 0.125, so one fluid ounce is that many cups. Two decimal places is plenty for most purposes, and three is more than a tape measure can justify.

To anchor the scale: 1 cup is about 8 fl oz.

Show the working
1. Convert to the base unit (L):
1 cup × 0.23659 = 0.23659 L

2. Convert from L to fl oz:
0.23659 L ÷ 0.029574 = 8 fl oz

Common questions

How many fluid ounces is 1 cup?
1 cup equals 8 fl oz, about 67% of a soft-drink can.
How many cups is 1 fluid ounce?
1 fluid ounce equals 0.125 cup, about 5.9 times as much as a teaspoon.
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