US Cups to US Quarts Converter
1 US cup = 0.25 US quarts
US recipes may also use the "legal" cup of exactly 240 mL used on nutrition labels.
1 US cup equals 0.25 US quarts
How to convert US cups to US quarts
Choose the named US, Imperial or metric unit before converting a recipe or container size. A US liquid gallon is 3.785411784 L; an Imperial gallon is 4.54609 L. Volume alone cannot give ingredient mass without density.
qt = cup × 1/4One US cup is 1/4 US quarts, so a single multiplication converts any value.
2.5 qt = 10 × 1/4US recipes may also use the "legal" cup of exactly 240 mL used on nutrition labels.
US cups to US quarts conversion table
Common values in US cups, converted to US quarts.
| US cups (cup) | US quarts (qt) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.25 |
| 2 | 0.5 |
| 3 | 0.75 |
| 4 | 1 |
| 5 | 1.25 |
| 10 | 2.5 |
| 20 | 5 |
| 25 | 6.25 |
| 50 | 12.5 |
| 100 | 25 |
| 250 | 62.5 |
| 500 | 125 |
| 1,000 | 250 |
About these units
US cupcup
The US customary cup: 8 US fluid ounces, about 236.6 mL.
US quartqt
One quarter of a US gallon, or 2 US pints.
Sources and precision
Table results are rounded to 8 significant digits; formula constants may be rounded to 10. Worked example answers use 6 significant digits. The converter starts at 6 significant digits and lets you change display precision. Calculations use the stored factors without intermediate rounding. Exact unit definitions do not make an input measurement more precise; conventional and measured factors follow the assumptions stated here.