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 157.9 cups into pints we have to multiply 157.9 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

157.9 cup → V_(pt)

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

V_(pt) = 157.9 cup × 0.5 pt

V_(pt) = 78.95 pt

The final result is:

157.9 cup → 78.95 pt

We conclude that 157.9 cups is equivalent to 78.95 pints:

157.9 cups = 78.95 pints

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pint is equal to 0.012666244458518 × 157.9 cups.

Another way is saying that 157.9 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.012666244458518 pints.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred fifty-seven point nine cups is approximately seventy-eight point nine five pints:

157.9 cup ≅ 78.95 pt

An alternative is also that one pint is approximately zero point zero one three times one hundred fifty-seven point nine 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