Convert Cubic feet to US cups
1 cubic foot is 119.69 cup. One cubic foot is exactly 119.688311688 US cups.
One cubic foot is 119.68831 US cups. To convert cubic feet to US cups, multiply by 119.68831; to go the other way, divide by 119.68831 or multiply by 0.0083550347. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST Handbook 130. Exactly 28.316846592 litres, or 7.48 US gallons.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Cubic feet × 119.68831
1 * 119.68831119.688 cup
1 cubic foot in every volume unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| US teaspoons | 5,745.038961 tsp | × 5,745.03896104 |
| US tablespoons | 1,915.012987 tbsp | × 1,915.01298701 |
| US fluid ounces | 957.5064935 fl oz | × 957.506493506 |
| US cups | 119.6883117 cup | × 119.688311688 |
| US pints | 59.84415584 pt | × 59.8441558442 |
| US quarts | 29.92207792 qt | × 29.9220779221 |
| US gallons | 7.480519481 gal | × 7.48051948052 |
| milliliters | 28,316.84659 ml | × 28,316.846592 |
| liters | 28.31684659 L | × 28.316846592 |
| imperial gallons | 6.228835459 gal (UK) | × 6.22883545904 |
| imperial quarts | 24.91534184 qt (UK) | × 24.9153418362 |
| imperial pints | 49.83068367 pt (UK) | × 49.8306836723 |
| imperial fluid ounces | 996.6136734 fl oz (UK) | × 996.613673447 |
| imperial gills | 199.3227347 gi (UK) | × 199.322734689 |
| cubic millimetres | 28,316,846.59 mm³ | × 28,316,846.592 |
| cubic centimetres | 28,316.84659 cm³ | × 28,316.846592 |
| cubic inches | 1,728 in³ | × 1,728 |
| cubic feet (as entered) | 1 ft³ | — |
| cubic yards | 0.03703703704 yd³ | × 0.037037037037 |
| cubic metres | 0.02831684659 m³ | × 0.028316846592 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Handbook 130 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert cubic feet to US cups? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in cubic feet.
- 2.Multiply by 119.68831 — that is how many US cups fit in one cubic foot.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 119.68831, or multiply by 0.0083550347.
Worked example: 25 cubic feet to US cups
- Formula
- ft³ × 119.68831 = cup
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 119.68831 = 2,992.21 cup
- Answer
- 25 ft³ = 2,992.21 cup
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Cubic feet to US cups conversion table
| Cubic feet | US cups |
|---|---|
| 1 ft³ | 119.69 cup |
| 2 ft³ | 239.38 cup |
| 3 ft³ | 359.06 cup |
| 4 ft³ | 478.75 cup |
| 5 ft³ | 598.44 cup |
| 6 ft³ | 718.13 cup |
| 7 ft³ | 837.82 cup |
| 8 ft³ | 957.51 cup |
| 9 ft³ | 1,077.19 cup |
| 10 ft³ | 1,196.88 cup |
| 12 ft³ | 1,436.26 cup |
| 15 ft³ | 1,795.32 cup |
| 20 ft³ | 2,393.77 cup |
| 25 ft³ | 2,992.21 cup |
| 50 ft³ | 5,984.42 cup |
| 100 ft³ | 11,968.83 cup |
| 200 ft³ | 23,937.66 cup |
| 300 ft³ | 35,906.49 cup |
| 500 ft³ | 59,844.16 cup |
| 1000 ft³ | 119,688.31 cup |
| 2000 ft³ | 239,376.62 cup |
| 5000 ft³ | 598,441.56 cup |
| 10000 ft³ | 1,196,883.12 cup |
What is a cubic foot?
Exactly 28.316846592 litres, or 7.48 US gallons. The working unit of natural gas billing, air flow and refrigerator capacity in the US.
What is a US cup?
Eight US fluid ounces, about 236.6 ml. The "legal" cup on nutrition labels is a rounded 240 ml.
How many US cups are in a cubic foot?
One cubic foot is 119.68831 US cups. Going the other way, one US cup is 0.0083550347 cubic feet. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every volume unit here
The whole group — 20 units with their symbols and the size of each one in liters — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a cubic foot.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many US cups are in a cubic foot?
- 119.68831. Eight US fluid ounces, about 236.6 ml. The "legal" cup on nutrition labels is a rounded 240 ml.
- How do I convert US cups back to cubic feet?
- Divide by 119.68831, or multiply by 0.0083550347 — they are the same operation.
Other volume conversions
US cups to cubic feet — the same conversion the other way.