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 5871 pints into cups we have to multiply 5871 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

5871 pt → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 5871 pt × 2 cup

V_(cup) = 11742 cup

The final result is:

5871 pt → 11742 cup

We conclude that 5871 pints is equivalent to 11742 cups:

5871 pints = 11742 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 8.5164367228751E-5 × 5871 pints.

Another way is saying that 5871 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 8.5164367228751E-5 cups.

Approximate result

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

5871 pt ≅ 11742 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times five thousand eight hundred seventy-one 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