Conversion formula

The conversion factor from cups to pints is 0.5, which means that 1 cup is equal to 0.5 pints:

1 cup = 0.5 pt

To convert 10 cups into pints we have to multiply 10 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from cups to pints. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cup → 0.5 pt

10 cup → V_(pt)

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

V_(pt) = 10 cup × 0.5 pt

V_(pt) = 5 pt

The final result is:

10 cup → 5 pt

We conclude that 10 cups is equivalent to 5 pints:

10 cups = 5 pints

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pint is equal to 0.2 × 10 cups.

Another way is saying that 10 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.2 pints.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that ten cups is approximately five pints:

10 cup ≅ 5 pt

An alternative is also that one pint is approximately zero point two times ten cups.

Conversion table

cups to pints chart

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