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 500 cups into pints we have to multiply 500 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

500 cup → V_(pt)

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

V_(pt) = 500 cup × 0.5 pt

V_(pt) = 250 pt

The final result is:

500 cup → 250 pt

We conclude that 500 cups is equivalent to 250 pints:

500 cups = 250 pints

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pint is equal to 0.004 × 500 cups.

Another way is saying that 500 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.004 pints.

Approximate result

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

500 cup ≅ 250 pt

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