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US cups to cubic feet

1 US cup in cubic feet
1 cup = 0.008355 ft³
ft³ = cup × 0.008355034722

To convert US cups to cubic feet, multiply by 0.008355034722. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

US cups to cubic feet table

Common US cup values converted to cubic feet.
US cups Cubic feet
1 cup 0.008355
2 cup 0.01671
3 cup 0.025065
4 cup 0.03342
5 cup 0.041775
10 cup 0.08355
15 cup 0.12533
20 cup 0.1671
25 cup 0.20888
30 cup 0.25065
40 cup 0.3342
50 cup 0.41775
75 cup 0.62663
100 cup 0.8355
250 cup 2.088759
500 cup 4.177517
1,000 cup 8.355035

How the conversion works

The relationship is ft³ = cup × 0.008355034722. 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 cubic feet are in one US cup?
One US cup equals 0.008355 cubic feet. ft³ = cup × 0.008355034722.
How do you convert US cups to cubic feet?
Use ft³ = cup × 0.008355034722. So 10 cup is 0.08355 ft³.
How many US cups are in one cubic foot?
One cubic foot equals 119.6883 US cups, 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