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 15.9 cups into gallons we have to multiply 15.9 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

15.9 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 15.9 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 0.99375 gal

The final result is:

15.9 cup → 0.99375 gal

We conclude that 15.9 cups is equivalent to 0.99375 gallons:

15.9 cups = 0.99375 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 1.0062893081761 × 15.9 cups.

Another way is saying that 15.9 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0062893081761 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifteen point nine cups is approximately zero point nine nine four gallons:

15.9 cup ≅ 0.994 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately one point zero zero six times fifteen point nine 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