Convert US quarts to US cups
1 US quart is 4 cup. One US quart is exactly 4 US cups.
One US quart is 4 US cups. To convert US quarts to US cups, multiply by 4; to go the other way, divide by 4 or multiply by 0.25. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Handbook 130. Two pints, about 946 ml, and close enough to a liter that recipes swap them.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- US quarts × 4
1 * 44 cup
1 US quart in every volume unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| US teaspoons | 192 tsp | × 192 |
| US tablespoons | 64 tbsp | × 64 |
| US fluid ounces | 32 fl oz | × 32 |
| US cups | 4 cup | × 4 |
| US pints | 2 pt | × 2 |
| US quarts (as entered) | 1 qt | — |
| US gallons | 0.25 gal | × 0.25 |
| milliliters | 946.352946 ml | × 946.352946 |
| liters | 0.946352946 L | × 0.946352946 |
| imperial gallons | 0.2081685462 gal (UK) | × 0.208168546157 |
| imperial quarts | 0.8326741846 qt (UK) | × 0.832674184629 |
| imperial pints | 1.665348369 pt (UK) | × 1.66534836926 |
| imperial fluid ounces | 33.30696739 fl oz (UK) | × 33.3069673852 |
| imperial gills | 6.661393477 gi (UK) | × 6.66139347703 |
| cubic millimetres | 946,352.946 mm³ | × 946,352.946 |
| cubic centimetres | 946.352946 cm³ | × 946.352946 |
| cubic inches | 57.75 in³ | × 57.75 |
| cubic feet | 0.03342013889 ft³ | × 0.0334201388889 |
| cubic yards | 0.001237782922 yd³ | × 0.00123778292181 |
| cubic metres | 0.000946352946 m³ | × 0.000946352946 |
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 US quarts to US cups? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in US quarts.
- 2.Multiply by 4 — that is how many US cups fit in one US quart.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 4, or multiply by 0.25.
Worked example: 25 US quarts to US cups
- Formula
- qt × 4 = cup
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 4 = 100 cup
- Answer
- 25 qt = 100 cup
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
US quarts to US cups conversion table
| US quarts | US cups |
|---|---|
| 1 qt | 4 cup |
| 2 qt | 8 cup |
| 3 qt | 12 cup |
| 4 qt | 16 cup |
| 5 qt | 20 cup |
| 6 qt | 24 cup |
| 7 qt | 28 cup |
| 8 qt | 32 cup |
| 9 qt | 36 cup |
| 10 qt | 40 cup |
| 12 qt | 48 cup |
| 15 qt | 60 cup |
| 20 qt | 80 cup |
| 25 qt | 100 cup |
| 50 qt | 200 cup |
| 100 qt | 400 cup |
| 200 qt | 800 cup |
| 300 qt | 1,200 cup |
| 500 qt | 2,000 cup |
| 1000 qt | 4,000 cup |
| 2000 qt | 8,000 cup |
| 5000 qt | 20,000 cup |
| 10000 qt | 40,000 cup |
What is a US quart?
Two pints, about 946 ml, and close enough to a liter that recipes swap them.
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 US quart?
One US quart is 4 US cups, exactly. Going the other way, one US cup is 0.25 US quarts. 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 US quart.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many US cups are in a US quart?
- 4. 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 US quarts?
- Divide by 4, or multiply by 0.25 — they are the same operation.
Other volume conversions
US cups to US quarts — the same conversion the other way.