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 240 cups into pints we have to multiply 240 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

240 cup → V_(pt)

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

V_(pt) = 240 cup × 0.5 pt

V_(pt) = 120 pt

The final result is:

240 cup → 120 pt

We conclude that 240 cups is equivalent to 120 pints:

240 cups = 120 pints

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pint is equal to 0.0083333333333333 × 240 cups.

Another way is saying that 240 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0083333333333333 pints.

Approximate result

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

240 cup ≅ 120 pt

An alternative is also that one pint is approximately zero point zero zero eight times two hundred forty 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