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 5979 pints into cups we have to multiply 5979 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

5979 pt → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 5979 pt × 2 cup

V_(cup) = 11958 cup

The final result is:

5979 pt → 11958 cup

We conclude that 5979 pints is equivalent to 11958 cups:

5979 pints = 11958 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 8.3626024418799E-5 × 5979 pints.

Another way is saying that 5979 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 8.3626024418799E-5 cups.

Approximate result

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

5979 pt ≅ 11958 cup

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