Convert Pints to cups (pt to cup)

To convert pints to cups (pt to cup), multiply by 2. 1 pint equals 2 cup, about 1.3 times as much as a soft-drink can.

1 pint equals
2cup
1 pt = 2 cup · 1 cup = 0.5 pt
pt = - cup
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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. A pint is not the same everywhere. These figures use the US liquid pint of 473.18 mL. The UK imperial pint is 568.26 mL, about 20% larger, fixed by the Weights and Measures Act 1985.

Reference table

pintscups
1 pint2 cup
2 pints4 cup
5 pints10 cup
10 pints20 cup
25 pints50 cup
50 pints100 cup
100 pints200 cup
250 pints500 cup
500 pints1,000 cup
1000 pints2,000 cup

Is the pints to cups conversion exact?

The factor is 2.00000, which is derived rather than defined, so any decimal you see has been rounded somewhere.

For mental arithmetic the factor is close enough to 2 to use directly: multiply pints by 2 and the answer is right to within a rounding error.

The reverse factor is 0.5, so one cup is that many pints. Two decimal places is plenty for most purposes, and three is more than a tape measure can justify.

To anchor the scale: 1 pint is about 2 cup.

Show the working
1. Convert to the base unit (L):
1 pt × 0.47318 = 0.47318 L

2. Convert from L to cup:
0.47318 L ÷ 0.23659 = 2 cup

Common questions

How many cups is 1 pint?
1 pint equals 2 cup, about 1.3 times as much as a soft-drink can.
How many pints is 1 cup?
1 cup equals 0.5 pt, about 67% of a soft-drink can.
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