Conversion formula

The conversion factor from cups to liters is 0.2365882375, which means that 1 cup is equal to 0.2365882375 liters:

1 cup = 0.2365882375 L

To convert 0.5 cups into liters we have to multiply 0.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from cups to liters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cup → 0.2365882375 L

0.5 cup → V_(L)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in liters:

V_(L) = 0.5 cup × 0.2365882375 L

V_(L) = 0.11829411875 L

The final result is:

0.5 cup → 0.11829411875 L

We conclude that 0.5 cups is equivalent to 0.11829411875 liters:

0.5 cups = 0.11829411875 liters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 liter is equal to 8.4535056397299 × 0.5 cups.

Another way is saying that 0.5 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 8.4535056397299 liters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that zero point five cups is approximately zero point one one eight liters:

0.5 cup ≅ 0.118 L

An alternative is also that one liter is approximately eight point four five four times zero point five cups.

Conversion table

cups to liters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from cups to liters