Question

How many pints are in a cup?

Answer 1

Hint: To calculate no of pints in a cup, first of all we should know about pint and cup i.e. a unit of liquid or dry capacity equal to one eighth of a gallon, the cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes. We have to apply the formula \[\text{pint = }\dfrac{cup}{2}\]to calculate the number of pints in a cup.

Complete step by step answer:
For the given question, we are given to find no. of pints in a cup.
As we know that pint and cup are liquid capacity.
For solving this question let the number of cups be C.
If we observe the question we can clearly say that the value of C is 1.
Let us consider the value of the cup to be equation 1.
Let us consider,
\[C=1...........\left( 1 \right)\]
As we know the formula to convert Pints to cup i.e. \[\text{pint = }\dfrac{cup}{2}\] .
Let us consider the formula as formula (f1)
\[\text{pint = }\dfrac{cup}{2}.............\left( f1 \right)\]
Now let us substitute the value of \[C\] in\[cup\].
By substituting the value of C in formula (f1), we get
\[\Rightarrow \text{pint}=\dfrac{1}{2}\]
Let us consider the above equation as equation (2).
\[\text{pint}=\dfrac{1}{2}.........\left( 2 \right)\]
By simplifying the equation (2), we get
\[\Rightarrow \text{pint=0}\text{.5}\]
Let us consider the above equation as equation (3)
\[\text{pint}=0.5.............\left( 3 \right)\]
Therefore \[0.5\] pint are in the cup.

Note: We should note a point that a pint of liquid or dry capacity equal to one eighth of a gallon, in Britain equal to 0.568 litre and in the US equal to 0.473 litre or 0.551 litre. Examiners may ask how many pints are equal to a gallon. So students must be aware of all conversions in both liquid and solid quantity.