Conversion formula

The conversion factor from cups to quarts is 0.25, which means that 1 cup is equal to 0.25 quarts:

1 cup = 0.25 qt

To convert 21.5 cups into quarts we have to multiply 21.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from cups to quarts. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cup → 0.25 qt

21.5 cup → V_(qt)

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

V_(qt) = 21.5 cup × 0.25 qt

V_(qt) = 5.375 qt

The final result is:

21.5 cup → 5.375 qt

We conclude that 21.5 cups is equivalent to 5.375 quarts:

21.5 cups = 5.375 quarts

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 quart is equal to 0.18604651162791 × 21.5 cups.

Another way is saying that 21.5 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.18604651162791 quarts.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty-one point five cups is approximately five point three seven five quarts:

21.5 cup ≅ 5.375 qt

An alternative is also that one quart is approximately zero point one eight six times twenty-one point five cups.

Conversion table

cups to quarts chart

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