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 158 cups into gallons we have to multiply 158 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

158 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 158 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 9.875 gal

The final result is:

158 cup → 9.875 gal

We conclude that 158 cups is equivalent to 9.875 gallons:

158 cups = 9.875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.10126582278481 × 158 cups.

Another way is saying that 158 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.10126582278481 gallons.

Approximate result

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

158 cup ≅ 9.875 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point one zero one times one hundred fifty-eight 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