Convert Cubic metres to US cups
1 cubic metre is 4,226.75 cup. One cubic metre is exactly 4226.75283773 US cups.
One cubic metre is 4226.7528 US cups. To convert cubic metres to US cups, multiply by 4226.7528; to go the other way, divide by 4226.7528 or multiply by 2.3659 × 10^-4. 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 a thousand litres, by the definition of the litre.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Cubic metres × 4226.7528
1 * 4226.75284,226.753 cup
1 cubic metre in every volume unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| US teaspoons | 202,884.1362 tsp | × 202,884.136211 |
| US tablespoons | 67,628.0454 tbsp | × 67,628.0454037 |
| US fluid ounces | 33,814.0227 fl oz | × 33,814.0227018 |
| US cups | 4,226.752838 cup | × 4,226.75283773 |
| US pints | 2,113.376419 pt | × 2,113.37641887 |
| US quarts | 1,056.688209 qt | × 1,056.68820943 |
| US gallons | 264.1720524 gal | × 264.172052358 |
| milliliters | 1,000,000 ml | × 1,000,000 |
| liters | 1,000 L | × 1,000 |
| imperial gallons | 219.9692483 gal (UK) | × 219.969248299 |
| imperial quarts | 879.8769932 qt (UK) | × 879.876993196 |
| imperial pints | 1,759.753986 pt (UK) | × 1,759.75398639 |
| imperial fluid ounces | 35,195.07973 fl oz (UK) | × 35,195.0797279 |
| imperial gills | 7,039.015946 gi (UK) | × 7,039.01594557 |
| cubic millimetres | 1,000,000,000 mm³ | × 1,000,000,000 |
| cubic centimetres | 1,000,000 cm³ | × 1,000,000 |
| cubic inches | 61,023.74409 in³ | × 61,023.7440947 |
| cubic feet | 35.31466672 ft³ | × 35.3146667215 |
| cubic yards | 1.307950619 yd³ | × 1.30795061931 |
| cubic metres (as entered) | 1 m³ | — |
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 metres to US cups? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in cubic metres.
- 2.Multiply by 4226.7528 — that is how many US cups fit in one cubic metre.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 4226.7528, or multiply by 2.3659 × 10^-4.
Worked example: 25 cubic metres to US cups
- Formula
- m³ × 4226.7528 = cup
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 4226.7528 = 105,668.82 cup
- Answer
- 25 m³ = 105,668.82 cup
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Cubic metres to US cups conversion table
| Cubic metres | US cups |
|---|---|
| 1 m³ | 4,226.75 cup |
| 2 m³ | 8,453.51 cup |
| 3 m³ | 12,680.26 cup |
| 4 m³ | 16,907.01 cup |
| 5 m³ | 21,133.76 cup |
| 6 m³ | 25,360.52 cup |
| 7 m³ | 29,587.27 cup |
| 8 m³ | 33,814.02 cup |
| 9 m³ | 38,040.78 cup |
| 10 m³ | 42,267.53 cup |
| 12 m³ | 50,721.03 cup |
| 15 m³ | 63,401.29 cup |
| 20 m³ | 84,535.06 cup |
| 25 m³ | 105,668.82 cup |
| 50 m³ | 211,337.64 cup |
| 100 m³ | 422,675.28 cup |
| 200 m³ | 845,350.57 cup |
| 300 m³ | 1,268,025.85 cup |
| 500 m³ | 2,113,376.42 cup |
| 1000 m³ | 4,226,752.84 cup |
| 2000 m³ | 8,453,505.68 cup |
| 5000 m³ | 21,133,764.19 cup |
| 10000 m³ | 42,267,528.38 cup |
What is a cubic metre?
Exactly a thousand litres, by the definition of the litre. The SI unit of volume, and how the rest of the world orders concrete.
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 metre?
One cubic metre is 4226.7528 US cups. Going the other way, one US cup is 2.3659 × 10^-4 cubic metres. 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 metre.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many US cups are in a cubic metre?
- 4226.7528. 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 metres?
- Divide by 4226.7528, or multiply by 2.3659 × 10^-4 — they are the same operation.
Other volume conversions
US cups to cubic metres — the same conversion the other way.