Convert cup (US) to quart (US)

What is a Cup (US)?

Cups are very common in American recipes and cooking. They are utilized for measuring both bulk products and liquids and they have their unique meaning. Thus, the volume of one Cup (US) is from 237 to 240 milliliters. It's also the same as half of an American pint.

In most cases, one US cup is taken as 240 ml to make the calculations and measurements more convenient. Since cups are a unit of volume, the weight of the measured products will be different. Therefore, while cooking, you may need special tables for the proper conversion of amounts of ingredients.

In addition, it’s worth mentioning that cups are not very accurate, for example, for flour. Its volume changes after sifting and grinding standards differ according to the country. The same happens with grated vegetables, fruits and cheese. Thus, one should be careful with cups and re-check the mass after taking the stated volume.

What is a quart?

A quart belongs to the traditional units that are still common in different English-speaking countries for measuring both liquids and solids.

In general, it is equal to 2 pints or a quarter of a gallon:

1 qt = 2 pints = ¼ gallon

Historically, a gallon was the first option that appeared and it meant 8 pounds of wheat. Then, a pint was introduced into practice as a 1/8 part of the gallon and later a quart was derived from it.

However, products other than wheat were also measured that led to the diversity of meanings for all these options. Modern quart has three basic options:

• 1 US dry quart equals 1.1012209 liters;
• 1 US quart for liquids corresponds to 0.9463 liters;
• 1 English imperial quart is the same as 1.1365 liters.

Thus, when one encounters volume or mass in quarts, it is worth checking which one was mentioned.