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US Pints to US Cups Converter

1 US pint = 2 US cups

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US recipes may also use the "legal" cup of exactly 240 mL used on nutrition labels.

Result

1 US pint equals 2 US cups

How to convert US pints to US cups

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.

Formula
cup = pt × 2

One US pint is 2 US cups, so a single multiplication converts any value.

Example
20 cup = 10 × 2

US recipes may also use the "legal" cup of exactly 240 mL used on nutrition labels.

US pints to US cups conversion table

Common values in US pints, converted to US cups.

US pints converted to US cups
US pints (pt)US cups (cup)
12
24
36
48
510
1020
2040
2550
50100
100200
250500
5001,000
1,0002,000

About these units

US pintpt

One eighth of a US gallon: 16 US fluid ounces.

US cupcup

The US customary cup: 8 US fluid ounces, about 236.6 mL.

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.