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 171.7 cups into gallons we have to multiply 171.7 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

171.7 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 171.7 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 10.73125 gal

The final result is:

171.7 cup → 10.73125 gal

We conclude that 171.7 cups is equivalent to 10.73125 gallons:

171.7 cups = 10.73125 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.093185789167152 × 171.7 cups.

Another way is saying that 171.7 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.093185789167152 gallons.

Approximate result

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

171.7 cup ≅ 10.731 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero nine three times one hundred seventy-one point seven 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