How Many Cups in a Quart?
4 cups
There are 4 cups in 1 US quart (946.4 ml).
UK: 1 imperial quart (1,137 ml) = 4.546 cups
Exact: 1 qt = 4 cup
Quarts to Cups conversion chart
| Quarts | Cups |
|---|---|
| 0.25 qt | 1 |
| 0.5 qt | 2 |
| 0.75 qt | 3 |
| 1 qt | 4 |
| 1.5 qt | 6 |
| 2 qt | 8 |
| 2.5 qt | 10 |
| 3 qt | 12 |
| 4 qt | 16 |
| 5 qt | 20 |
| 6 qt | 24 |
| 7 qt | 28 |
| 8 qt | 32 |
| 10 qt | 40 |
| 12 qt | 48 |
| 16 qt | 64 |
| 20 qt | 80 |
| 24 qt | 96 |
| 32 qt | 128 |
How to convert quarts to cups
cups = quarts × 4
Example: 3 qt × 4 = 12 cups.
Multiply the quarts by 4. The factor comes from two halvings: each quart splits into 2 pints, and each pint into 2 cups.
Half a quart is 2 cups, a quart and a half is 6 cups, and 2.5 quarts make 10 cups.
Big pots push the count up quickly. A stockpot filled with 8 quarts holds 32 cups, so for anything past a few quarts, a quart jug or the quarts to gallons converter saves a lot of pouring.
US vs UK quarts and cups
The imperial quart is 1,137 ml, larger than the US quart by a factor of 1.201. Measured with American cups it holds 4.804; the metric-cup figure is in the answer box above.
Going the other way, a US quart fills 3.785 metric cups of 250 ml, a little under four. If you cook an Australian or British cup recipe with American cups, the gap is small per cup but grows across a big batch.
| Unit | Size | Used in |
|---|---|---|
| US quart | 946.4 ml | US |
| imperial quart | 1,137 ml | UK |
| US cup | 236.6 ml | US |
| US legal cup | 240 ml | US nutrition labels |
| metric cup | 250 ml | UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand |
Cooking by the quart
When a recipe or appliance gives quarts, convert once and measure with a cup. A pasta pot filled with 4 quarts of water takes 16 cups, and a slow cooker rated at 7 quarts holds 28 cups when full to the brim.
Cartons are simpler still. A quart carton of broth or buttermilk is 4 cups, so a recipe that needs 6 cups takes one carton plus half of another.
Quarts and cups: questions
How many cups are in 2 quarts?
2 quarts hold 8 cups, which is also a half gallon, or two quart cartons of broth. The page on 2 quarts in cups shows the same amount in fluid ounces, milliliters and pints.
Is a quart 4 cups or 2 cups?
A US quart is 4 cups; 2 cups make only a pint, which is half a quart. Mixing the two up halves your liquid, so it helps to remember that a quart is a quarter of a gallon and a gallon holds 16 cups.
How many cups are in a quart of strawberries?
If the box is a dry quart, it holds more space than a liquid quart. NIST Handbook 44 defines the dry quart as a separate, larger unit, so a dry quart of whole berries measures out to more cups than a liquid quart would. For baking, weighing the berries is more reliable than counting cups.
How many cups are in 1/4 quart?
A quarter quart is exactly 1 cup, or 8 fluid ounces. It is also half a pint. A single pour from a standard one-cup measure covers it, so no spoons are needed.
How many cups are in 3/4 of a quart?
Three quarters of a quart is 3 cups. That is 24 fluid ounces, a handy amount to know when a recipe halves a batch that started with a quart and a half.
Related conversions
Sources: Unit definitions: NIST Handbook 44 · Last reviewed · Report an error
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