--- title: "5 cup to pt = 2.5 pt" description: "5 US cups is 2.5 US pints. The arithmetic, a table of nearby values, and a converter for any other number." url: https://atoneplace.net/convert/5-cups-to-pints/ site: "At One Place" --- # 5 cup to pt **5 US cups in US pints: 5 cup = 2.5 pt** pt = cup × 1/2 5 US cups is 2.5 US pints. To get there, multiply by 0.5. ## Values either side *US cups near 5, converted to US pints.* | US cups | US pints | | --- | --- | | 2 cup | 1 | | 2.5 cup | 1.25 | | 3 cup | 1.5 | | 4 cup | 2 | | 5 cup ← | 2.5 | | 6 cup | 3 | | 7 cup | 3.5 | | 8 cup | 4 | | 9 cup | 4.5 | ## How the conversion works The relationship is pt = cup × 1/2. 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 5 cup in US pints? 5 cup is 2.5 pt. ### How do you convert US cups to US pints? Multiply by 0.5. ## Related pages - [US cups to US pints](https://atoneplace.net/convert/cups-to-pints/) - [5 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/5-pints-to-cups/) - [2 cup to pt](https://atoneplace.net/convert/2-cups-to-pints/) - [2.5 cup to pt](https://atoneplace.net/convert/2-5-cups-to-pints/) - [3 cup to pt](https://atoneplace.net/convert/3-cups-to-pints/) - [4 cup to pt](https://atoneplace.net/convert/4-cups-to-pints/) - [6 cup to pt](https://atoneplace.net/convert/6-cups-to-pints/) - [7 cup to pt](https://atoneplace.net/convert/7-cups-to-pints/) - [8 cup to pt](https://atoneplace.net/convert/8-cups-to-pints/) - [9 cup to pt](https://atoneplace.net/convert/9-cups-to-pints/) ## 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/)