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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from pints to cups is 2, which means that 1 pint is equal to 2 cups:

1 pt = 2 cup

To convert 1 pint into cups we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from pints to cups. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 pt → 2 cup

1 pt → V(cup)

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

V(cup) = 1 pt × 2 cup

V(cup) = 2 cup

The final result is:

1 pt → 2 cup

We conclude that 1 pint is equivalent to 2 cups:

1 pint = 2 cups

Alternative conversion

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

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

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one pint is approximately two cups:

1 pt ≅ 2 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero point five times one pint.

Conversion table

pints to cups chart

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

pints (pt) cups (cup)
2 pints 4 cups
3 pints 6 cups
4 pints 8 cups
5 pints 10 cups
6 pints 12 cups
7 pints 14 cups
8 pints 16 cups
9 pints 18 cups
10 pints 20 cups
11 pints 22 cups