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Cubic centimeters to US cups

1 cubic centimeter in US cups
1 cm³ = 0.0042268 cup
cup = cm³ × 0.004226752838

To convert cubic centimeters to US cups, multiply by 0.004226752838. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

Cubic centimeters to US cups table

Common cubic centimeter values converted to US cups.
Cubic centimeters US cups
1 cm³ 0.0042268
2 cm³ 0.0084535
3 cm³ 0.01268
4 cm³ 0.016907
5 cm³ 0.021134
10 cm³ 0.042268
15 cm³ 0.063401
20 cm³ 0.084535
25 cm³ 0.10567
30 cm³ 0.1268
40 cm³ 0.16907
50 cm³ 0.21134
75 cm³ 0.31701
100 cm³ 0.42268
250 cm³ 1.056688
500 cm³ 2.113376
1,000 cm³ 4.226753

How the conversion works

The relationship is cup = cm³ × 0.004226752838. 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

How many US cups are in one cubic centimeter?
One cubic centimeter equals 0.0042268 US cups. cup = cm³ × 0.004226752838.
How do you convert cubic centimeters to US cups?
Use cup = cm³ × 0.004226752838. So 10 cm³ is 0.042268 cup.
How many cubic centimeters are in one US cup?
One US cup equals 236.5882 cubic centimeters, which is the reverse of the conversion above.
Is there more than one kind of US cup?
US legal cup is 240 mL; the customary cup used here is 236.588 mL.

Related pages

Sources

  1. Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (Public domain (US Government))
  2. The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
  3. Calculated on this page — At One Place

How these figures are compiled and checked