US liquid measures nest by doubling: 1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups = 128 fluid ounces. A quart is a quarter of a gallon, a pint is half a quart and a cup is half a pint. In metric, 1 US gallon is 3.785 litres.
| Gallon | Quart | Pint | Cup | Fl oz | Tbsp | ml | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 gallon | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 128 | 256 | 3,785 |
| 1/2 gallon | 1/2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 128 | 1,893 |
| 1 quart | 1/4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 64 | 946 |
| 1 pint | 1/8 | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 32 | 473 |
| 1 cup | 1/16 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 237 |
| 1/2 cup | 1/32 | 1/8 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 4 | 8 | 118 |
| 1/4 cup | 1/64 | 1/16 | 1/8 | 1/4 | 2 | 4 | 59 |
| 1 tablespoon | 1/256 | 1/64 | 1/32 | 1/16 | 1/2 | 1 | 15 |
Small measures: 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons = 1/2 fluid ounce (about 14.8 ml), and 1 teaspoon is about 4.9 ml. 1 cup is 16 tablespoons or 48 teaspoons.
| Metric | US quarts | US cups | US fl oz |
|---|---|---|---|
| 250 ml | 0.26 | 1.06 | 8.5 |
| 500 ml | 0.53 | 2.11 | 16.9 |
| 1 litre | 1.06 | 4.23 | 33.8 |
| 2 litres | 2.11 | 8.45 | 67.6 |
| 3.785 litres | 4 | 16 | 128 |
A litre is a little more than a US quart (about 1.06 quarts), so a 1 litre carton is roughly 4¼ cups.
The imperial system uses the same names with different sizes. An imperial pint is 20 fluid ounces (568 ml) against 16 in the US (473 ml), an imperial quart is 2 imperial pints (1.137 litres), and an imperial gallon is 8 imperial pints (4.546 litres, about 20% bigger than a US gallon). Imperial fluid ounces are also slightly smaller (28.4 ml vs 29.6 ml). Modern UK recipes mostly use millilitres, but older ones may say pints. This page uses US measures unless stated.
There are 4 quarts in a US gallon. Each quart is 2 pints, 4 cups or 32 fluid ounces.
A US gallon holds 16 cups (128 fluid ounces). A half gallon is 8 cups and a quart is 4 cups.
There are 2 pints in a quart. A pint is 2 cups or 16 fluid ounces, so a quart is 4 cups.
A US gallon is 128 fluid ounces. Fluid ounces measure volume, not weight; for reference, a gallon of water weighs about 8.34 lb.
A US gallon is 3.785 litres. An imperial (UK) gallon is larger at 4.546 litres.
No. A UK pint is 20 fluid ounces (568 ml); a US pint is 16 US fluid ounces (473 ml). The UK pint is about 20% larger.
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