--- title: "12 pt to cup = 24 cup" description: "12 US pints is 24 US cups. The arithmetic, a table of nearby values, and a converter for any other number." url: https://atoneplace.net/convert/12-pints-to-cups/ site: "At One Place" --- # 12 pt to cup **12 US pints in US cups: 12 pt = 24 cup** cup = pt × 2 12 US pints is 24 US cups. To get there, multiply by 2. ## Values either side *US pints near 12, converted to US cups.* | US pints | US cups | | --- | --- | | 8 pt | 16 | | 9 pt | 18 | | 10 pt | 20 | | 11 pt | 22 | | 12 pt ← | 24 | | 13 pt | 26 | | 14 pt | 28 | | 15 pt | 30 | | 16 pt | 32 | ## How the conversion works The relationship is cup = pt × 2. Both units measure volume, so the conversion is a fixed factor that never changes. The figure is exact rather than approximate: since the international yard and pound agreement of 1959, an inch is defined as exactly 25.4 millimetres and a pound as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, and every other imperial and US customary unit here is derived from those two. > US cup: US legal cup is 240 mL; the customary cup used here is 236.588 mL. ## Common questions ### What is 12 pt in US cups? 12 pt is 24 cup. ### How do you convert US pints to US cups? Multiply by 2. ## Related pages - [US pints to US cups](https://atoneplace.net/convert/pints-to-cups/) - [12 cup to pt](https://atoneplace.net/convert/12-cups-to-pints/) - [8 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/8-pints-to-cups/) - [9 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/9-pints-to-cups/) - [10 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/10-pints-to-cups/) - [11 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/11-pints-to-cups/) - [13 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/13-pints-to-cups/) - [14 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/14-pints-to-cups/) - [15 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/15-pints-to-cups/) - [16 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/16-pints-to-cups/) ## Sources - Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811) [Public domain (US Government)] - The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure) - Calculated on this page — At One Place (/about/)