Convert Liters to Cups

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Facts about Liter

Basic Facts: Liter (also spelled litre in British English) is a unit of volume with two official symbols in Latin: L and l. Liter is not part of the International System of Units (SI), however CGPM (the standards body which defines SI) accepts liter for use within SI. The SI units of volume are cubic decimeter (dm3), cubic centimeters (cm3) and cubic meters (m3). 1 liter equals = 1dm3 = 1000cm3 = 0.001m3

History: Liter was first introduced in 1795 in France as a new “republican units of measurement” that equaled one cubic decimeter. Liter (or litre) was named after litron, an old pre-revolutionary Carolingian measurement unit. 1 liter of water (liquid state) almost exactly equals 1 kilogram because in 1795 gram was defined 1 cubic centimeter of water at the melting ice temperature point. 3rd CGPM conference of 1901, a liter was defined as the space occupied by one kilogram of water at 3.98 °C (temperature of its maximum density) under 1 atmosphere pressure.  In 1964 CGPM reverted to the previous and now current definition where 1 liter equals 1 decimeter (dm3).

Use: Liters are used to measure fluids (and occasionally solids that can be poured) by the size and capacity of their containers. The majority of fluid consumer commodities are measured in liters such as water, cooking oil, detergents, etc.

Facts about Cup (unit)

Basic facts: The cup (unit) is a measure of volume in cooking in the United States customary and imperial systems of measurement. The metric cup is represented as 250 milliliters. 1 US customary cup is equivalent to 236.5882365 milliliters as well as 1/16 US customary gallons, 8 US customary fluid ounces, 16 US customary tablespoons, or 48 U.S. customary teaspoons.

Use: As mentioned above, the cup (unit) is commonly used in cooking to measure liquids and bulk foods, often on the subject of serving sizes [serving size, also known as the portion size is the amount of a drink or food that is commonly served]. In terms of size, actual drinking cups can differ significantly and are generally not a good indication of this unit. Instead, standardized measuring cups are used.

How many cups in a liter? 

1 liter is equivalent to 4.2267528377 cups. Use 4.2267528377 as the factor to convert liters to cups. Below find some popular liters to cups conversion questions:

• How many cups in 2 liters?  2 liters x 4.2267528377 = 8.45351 cups
• How many cups in 3 liters?  3 liters x 4.2267528377 = 12.68026 cups
• How many cups in 4 liters?  4 liters x 4.2267528377 = 16.90701 cups
• How many cups in 5 liters?  5 liters x 4.2267528377 = 21.13376 cups
• How many cups in 8 liters?  8 liters x 4.2267528377 = 33.81402 cups
• How many cups in 12 liters? 12 liters x 4.2267528377 = 50.72103 cups
• How many cups in 1 liters?  1 liters x 4.2267528377 = 4.22675 cups
• How many cups in 6 liters?  6 liters x 4.2267528377 = 25.36052 cups
• How many cups in 7 liters?  7 liters x 4.2267528377 = 29.58727 cups
• How many cups in 75 liters?  75 liters x 4.2267528377 = 317.00646 cups
• How many cups in 10 liters?  10 liters x 4.2267528377 = 42.26753 cups

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