--- title: "6 pt to cup = 12 cup" description: "6 US pints is 12 US cups. The arithmetic, a table of nearby values, and a converter for any other number." url: https://atoneplace.net/convert/6-pints-to-cups/ site: "At One Place" --- # 6 pt to cup **6 US pints in US cups: 6 pt = 12 cup** cup = pt × 2 6 US pints is 12 US cups. To get there, multiply by 2. ## Values either side *US pints near 6, converted to US cups.* | US pints | US cups | | --- | --- | | 2.5 pt | 5 | | 3 pt | 6 | | 4 pt | 8 | | 5 pt | 10 | | 6 pt ← | 12 | | 7 pt | 14 | | 8 pt | 16 | | 9 pt | 18 | | 10 pt | 20 | ## 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 6 pt in US cups? 6 pt is 12 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/) - [6 cup to pt](https://atoneplace.net/convert/6-cups-to-pints/) - [2.5 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/2-5-pints-to-cups/) - [3 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/3-pints-to-cups/) - [4 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/4-pints-to-cups/) - [5 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/5-pints-to-cups/) - [7 pt to cup](https://atoneplace.net/convert/7-pints-to-cups/) - [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/) ## 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/)