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 480 cups into pints we have to multiply 480 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

480 cup → V_(pt)

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

V_(pt) = 480 cup × 0.5 pt

V_(pt) = 240 pt

The final result is:

480 cup → 240 pt

We conclude that 480 cups is equivalent to 240 pints:

480 cups = 240 pints

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pint is equal to 0.0041666666666667 × 480 cups.

Another way is saying that 480 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0041666666666667 pints.

Approximate result

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

480 cup ≅ 240 pt

An alternative is also that one pint is approximately zero point zero zero four times four hundred eighty 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