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 8978 pints into cups we have to multiply 8978 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

8978 pt → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 8978 pt × 2 cup

V_(cup) = 17956 cup

The final result is:

8978 pt → 17956 cup

We conclude that 8978 pints is equivalent to 17956 cups:

8978 pints = 17956 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 5.5691690799733E-5 × 8978 pints.

Another way is saying that 8978 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 5.5691690799733E-5 cups.

Approximate result

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

8978 pt ≅ 17956 cup

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