Convert Quarts to cups (qt to cup)

To convert quarts to cups (qt to cup), multiply by 4. 1 quart equals 4 cup, about 1.3 times as much as a wine bottle.

1 quart equals
4cup
1 qt = 4 cup · 1 cup = 0.25 qt
qt = - cup
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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 liquid quart of 946.35 mL. The UK imperial quart is about 20% larger.

Reference table

quartscups
1 quart4 cup
2 quarts8 cup
5 quarts20 cup
10 quarts40 cup
25 quarts100 cup
50 quarts200 cup
100 quarts400 cup
250 quarts1,000 cup
500 quarts2,000 cup
1000 quarts4,000 cup

Is the quarts to cups conversion exact?

The factor is 4.00000, which is derived rather than defined, so any decimal you see has been rounded somewhere.

For mental arithmetic the factor is close enough to 4 to use directly: multiply quarts by 4 and the answer is right to within a rounding error.

The reverse factor is 0.25, so one cup is that many quarts. Two decimal places is plenty for most purposes, and three is more than a tape measure can justify.

To anchor the scale: 1 quart is about 4 cup.

Show the working
1. Convert to the base unit (L):
1 qt × 0.94635 = 0.94635 L

2. Convert from L to cup:
0.94635 L ÷ 0.23659 = 4 cup

Common questions

How many cups is 1 quart?
1 quart equals 4 cup, about 1.3 times as much as a wine bottle.
How many quarts is 1 cup?
1 cup equals 0.25 qt, about 67% of a soft-drink can.
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