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 173 cups into gallons we have to multiply 173 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

173 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 173 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 10.8125 gal

The final result is:

173 cup → 10.8125 gal

We conclude that 173 cups is equivalent to 10.8125 gallons:

173 cups = 10.8125 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.092485549132948 × 173 cups.

Another way is saying that 173 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.092485549132948 gallons.

Approximate result

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

173 cup ≅ 10.813 gal

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