Conversion formula

The conversion factor from pints to cups is 2, which means that 1 pint is equal to 2 cups:

1 pt = 2 cup

To convert 4242 pints into cups we have to multiply 4242 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from pints to cups. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 pt → 2 cup

4242 pt → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 4242 pt × 2 cup

V_(cup) = 8484 cup

The final result is:

4242 pt → 8484 cup

We conclude that 4242 pints is equivalent to 8484 cups:

4242 pints = 8484 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 0.00011786892975012 × 4242 pints.

Another way is saying that 4242 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011786892975012 cups.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand two hundred forty-two pints is approximately eight thousand four hundred eighty-four cups:

4242 pt ≅ 8484 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times four thousand two hundred forty-two pints.

Conversion table

pints to cups chart

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