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 24.2 cups into gallons we have to multiply 24.2 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

24.2 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 24.2 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 1.5125 gal

The final result is:

24.2 cup → 1.5125 gal

We conclude that 24.2 cups is equivalent to 1.5125 gallons:

24.2 cups = 1.5125 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.66115702479339 × 24.2 cups.

Another way is saying that 24.2 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.66115702479339 gallons.

Approximate result

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

24.2 cup ≅ 1.513 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point six six one times twenty-four point 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