How Many Cups in a Quart, Pint, or Gallon?
There are 4 cups in a quart, 2 cups in a pint, and 16 cups in a gallon. Everything else follows from those three — or use the converter below.
Cups, Pints, Quarts & Gallons Converter
Enter an amount and see it in every US volume unit
US Volume Conversion Chart
| Measurement | Fluid Ounces | Cups | Pints | Quarts | Gallons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 8 | 1 | ½ | ¼ | 1/16 |
| 1 pint | 16 | 2 | 1 | ½ | ⅛ |
| 1 quart | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ¼ |
| ½ gallon | 64 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ½ |
| 1 gallon | 128 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
The Gallon Ladder
US volume units double at every step, which makes the whole system easy to memorize as a ladder:
- 1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups = 128 fl oz
- 1 quart = 2 pints = 4 cups = 32 fl oz
- 1 pint = 2 cups = 16 fl oz
- 1 cup = 8 fl oz = 16 tablespoons
Working in metric? See liters to cups and ml to cups. And remember fluid ounces measure volume — for weight ounces you want the ounces to grams converter.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are 4 cups in a quart. So 2 quarts is 8 cups, and half a quart (a pint) is 2 cups.
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