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 216 cups into gallons we have to multiply 216 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

216 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 216 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 13.5 gal

The final result is:

216 cup → 13.5 gal

We conclude that 216 cups is equivalent to 13.5 gallons:

216 cups = 13.5 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.074074074074074 × 216 cups.

Another way is saying that 216 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.074074074074074 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred sixteen cups is approximately thirteen point five gallons:

216 cup ≅ 13.5 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero seven four times two hundred sixteen 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