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 279 cups into pints we have to multiply 279 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

279 cup → V_(pt)

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

V_(pt) = 279 cup × 0.5 pt

V_(pt) = 139.5 pt

The final result is:

279 cup → 139.5 pt

We conclude that 279 cups is equivalent to 139.5 pints:

279 cups = 139.5 pints

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pint is equal to 0.007168458781362 × 279 cups.

Another way is saying that 279 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.007168458781362 pints.

Approximate result

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

279 cup ≅ 139.5 pt

An alternative is also that one pint is approximately zero point zero zero seven times two hundred seventy-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