Recently I was asked about conversions between mL, US fl. oz, cup, quart, and pint. While I had ideas what the answers were, I had to admit not knowing for sure.<\/p>\n
A pint, I thought, was 0.5L or 500mL. \u00a0A cup, I thought, was 250mL. \u00a0A cup, I also thought, was 8 fl oz (fluid ounces).<\/p>\n
I was right about the cup being 8 fl oz, but wrong on the other counts. \u00a0Since 1 cup is 8 fl. oz., and 1 fl. oz. is 29.57 mL, a cup is 8×29.57mL = 236.56\u00a0\u2248 237mL. \u00a0That’s about 5 percent less than the 250 mL I had thought. \u00a0A pint, at 16 fl oz, is 16×29.57mL = 473.12mL \u00a0\u2248 473 mL. \u00a0That’s about 5% less than 500mL.<\/p>\n
A quart is two pints, or 32 fl oz. \u00a0A pint, at 16 fl oz, is 2 cups. \u00a0So a quart is 4 cups (US). I hadn’t known those conversions, but there they are.<\/p>\n
One final issue: \u00a0the conversion from quart to litre. \u00a0Many people think they’re the same, and they virtually are, for everyday purposes. \u00a0However, a quart is really 32×29.57mL or about 946mL. \u00a0It’s about 5 percent less than a litre.<\/p>\n
Fluid measures comprise a big topic. \u00a0I’ll be continuing it in future posts:)<\/p>\n
Source: For the conversions, I used Google itself, and also www.traditionaloven.com<\/a><\/p>\n