Convert Fluid ounces to cups (fl oz to cup)

To convert fluid ounces to cups (fl oz to cup), multiply by 0.125. 1 fluid ounce equals 0.125 cup, about 5.9 times as much as a teaspoon.

1 fluid ounce equals
0.125cup
1 fl oz = 0.125 cup · 1 cup = 8 fl oz
fl oz = - cup
UnitMojo 1 fl oz is about 5.9 times as much as a teaspoon unitmojo.com
A cup is not the same everywhere. These figures use the US customary cup of 236.59 mL. Australian, New Zealand and Canadian recipes use a metric cup of 250 mL (AS 1325); US nutrition labels use 240 mL (21 CFR 101.9); older British recipes use an imperial cup of 284 mL; a Japanese cup is 200 mL. Check where your recipe was written before converting, and for baking weigh in grams if you can. These figures use the US fluid ounce of 29.57 mL. The UK imperial fluid ounce is 28.41 mL, and US nutrition labels round to 30 mL (21 CFR 101.9).

Reference table

fluid ouncescups
1 fluid ounce0.125 cup
2 fluid ounces0.25 cup
5 fluid ounces0.625 cup
10 fluid ounces1.25 cup
25 fluid ounces3.125 cup
50 fluid ounces6.25 cup
100 fluid ounces12.5 cup
250 fluid ounces31.25 cup
500 fluid ounces62.5 cup
1000 fluid ounces125 cup

Is the fl-oz to cups conversion exact?

The factor is 0.125000, which is derived rather than defined, so any decimal you see has been rounded somewhere.

For mental arithmetic the factor is close enough to 0.125 to use directly: multiply fluid ounces by 0.125 and the answer is right to within a rounding error.

Going the other way, one cup is 8 fl oz, which is usually the easier direction to work in. Because the forward factor is small, watch the decimal place rather than the digits: a factor-of-ten slip is the common error, not a rounding one.

To anchor the scale: 10 fluid ounces is about 1.25 cup.

Show the working
1. Convert to the base unit (L):
1 fl oz × 0.029574 = 0.029574 L

2. Convert from L to cup:
0.029574 L ÷ 0.23659 = 0.125 cup

Common questions

How many cups is 1 fluid ounce?
1 fluid ounce equals 0.125 cup, about 5.9 times as much as a teaspoon.
How many fluid ounces is 1 cup?
1 cup equals 8 fl oz, about 67% of a soft-drink can.
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