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 172 cups into gallons we have to multiply 172 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

172 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 172 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 10.75 gal

The final result is:

172 cup → 10.75 gal

We conclude that 172 cups is equivalent to 10.75 gallons:

172 cups = 10.75 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.093023255813953 × 172 cups.

Another way is saying that 172 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.093023255813953 gallons.

Approximate result

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

172 cup ≅ 10.75 gal

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