Conversion formula

The conversion factor from cups to gallons is 0.0625, which means that 1 cup is equal to 0.0625 gallons:

1 cup = 0.0625 gal

To convert 142.2 cups into gallons we have to multiply 142.2 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from cups to gallons. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cup → 0.0625 gal

142.2 cup → V_(gal)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in gallons:

V_(gal) = 142.2 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 8.8875 gal

The final result is:

142.2 cup → 8.8875 gal

We conclude that 142.2 cups is equivalent to 8.8875 gallons:

142.2 cups = 8.8875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.11251758087201 × 142.2 cups.

Another way is saying that 142.2 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.11251758087201 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred forty-two point two cups is approximately eight point eight eight eight gallons:

142.2 cup ≅ 8.888 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point one one three times one hundred forty-two point two cups.

Conversion table

cups to gallons chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from cups to gallons