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Pounds to US Liquid Quarts Converter

Convert pounds (lb) to US liquid quarts (qt), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

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Convert cups and spoons to grams or ounces (or back) for a chosen ingredient, using USDA weights, or enter your own density.

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Result
Converted amount
0.479306 qt
Density used
1 g/mL (USDA FDC 174158, 1 ml = 1 g)

1 pounds of water = 0.479306 US liquid quarts. Weights for cups and spoons vary with how the ingredient is measured, so treat this as a close estimate.

Show the the same amount in other volume units (17 rows)
The same amount in other volume units
UnitAmount
US teaspoons92.0267
US tablespoons30.6756
US fluid ounces15.3378
US cups1.91722
US liquid pints0.958611
US gallons0.119826
US nutrition-label fluid ounces15.1197
US nutrition-label cups1.88997
milliliters453.592
liters0.453592
metric teaspoons90.7185
metric tablespoons30.2395
metric cups1.81437
imperial fluid ounces15.9642
imperial pints0.798211
imperial quarts0.399105
imperial gallons0.0997764
Show the working
  1. 1 lb = 453.59237 g
  2. ÷ 1 g/mL (USDA FDC 174158, 1 ml = 1 g) = 453.59237 mL
  3. = 0.479305709268 qt

How to convert pounds to us liquid quarts

1 lb = 0.479306 qt, so multiply by 0.479306 to go from pounds to US liquid quarts. Going the other way, 1 qt = 2.08635 lb.

qt = lb × 0.479306
lb = qt × 2.08635

Worked example:

5 lb = 2267.96185 g
÷ 1 g/mL (USDA FDC 174158, 1 ml = 1 g) = 2267.96185 mL
= 2.39652854634 qt

Pounds to us liquid quarts table

PoundsUS Liquid Quarts
1 lb0.479306 qt
2 lb0.958611 qt
3 lb1.43792 qt
4 lb1.91722 qt
5 lb2.39653 qt
6 lb2.87583 qt
7 lb3.35514 qt
8 lb3.83445 qt
9 lb4.31375 qt
10 lb4.79306 qt
15 lb7.18959 qt
20 lb9.58611 qt
25 lb11.9826 qt
30 lb14.3792 qt
40 lb19.1722 qt
50 lb23.9653 qt
75 lb35.9479 qt
100 lb47.9306 qt
250 lb119.826 qt
500 lb239.653 qt
1000 lb479.306 qt

About the units

Pounds (lb)
Pounds, a US customary unit. Definition: NIST Handbook 44 Appendix C (international foot and avoirdupois pound).
US Liquid Quarts (qt)
US liquid quarts, a US customary unit. Definition: NIST Handbook 44 Appendix C (US customary units; US gallon = 231 in³).

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