Conversion formula

The conversion factor from liters to cups is 4.2267528198649, which means that 1 liter is equal to 4.2267528198649 cups:

1 L = 4.2267528198649 cup

To convert 5 liters into cups we have to multiply 5 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from liters to cups. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 L → 4.2267528198649 cup

5 L → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 5 L × 4.2267528198649 cup

V_(cup) = 21.133764099325 cup

The final result is:

5 L → 21.133764099325 cup

We conclude that 5 liters is equivalent to 21.133764099325 cups:

5 liters = 21.133764099325 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 0.0473176475 × 5 liters.

Another way is saying that 5 liters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0473176475 cups.

Approximate result

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

5 L ≅ 21.134 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero point zero four seven times five liters.

Conversion table

liters to cups chart

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