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 17.4 cups into gallons we have to multiply 17.4 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

17.4 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 17.4 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 1.0875 gal

The final result is:

17.4 cup → 1.0875 gal

We conclude that 17.4 cups is equivalent to 1.0875 gallons:

17.4 cups = 1.0875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.91954022988506 × 17.4 cups.

Another way is saying that 17.4 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.91954022988506 gallons.

Approximate result

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

17.4 cup ≅ 1.088 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point nine two times seventeen point four 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