What is 4000gi in Cups?

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What is 4000 Gills (4000gi) in Cups (cup)?

What is 4000gi in cup? Convert 4000 Gills (4000gi) to Cups (cup) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Gills to Cups

Formula
cup = gi / 1.67
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Cups, divide the number of Gills by 1.7
Gills (gi) in 1 Cup
There are 1.67 Gills in 1 Cup
Cups (cup) in 1 Gill
There are 0.6 Cups in 1 Gill

Unit Information

Gill
/dʒɪl/
Symbol: gi
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Gill?

The gill is a unit of volume in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol gi.

It represents 1/4 of a pint - so in this instance, it is 1/4 of an imperial pint - therefore measures exactly 142.0653125 ml. It's also equal to 2 imperial cups and 1/32 of an imperial gallon.

It is pronounced with a "J" sound at the beginning - and it actually part of a humorous in the nursery rhyme 'Jack & Jill'.

In the UK it was used throughout pubs as standard measures; for example spirits were served as 1/6 gill as standard. In Scotland it was 1/5 gill and in Ireland 1/4 gill. It's still used in the Republic of Ireland today.

Cup
/kʌp/
Symbol: cup
Unit System: US Customary

What is the Cup?

The cup is a unit of volume in the US customary unit system with the symbol cup.

It is equal to 1/2 US customary pint, 1/4 US customary quart and 1/16 US customary gallon. it is also equal to 236.5882365 millilitres.

Used primarily for cooking - the cup was adopted and established as a recognised unit of measure as it could be used by almost anyone in any kitchen. Due to the slight variants in design and size, it is rarely used as an accurate measure for important or critical materials, however it does represent a specific amount and can be used across many recipes to indicate what is needed.


Conversion Tables for Gills (gi) to Cups (cup)