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 255.5 cups into gallons we have to multiply 255.5 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

255.5 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 255.5 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 15.96875 gal

The final result is:

255.5 cup → 15.96875 gal

We conclude that 255.5 cups is equivalent to 15.96875 gallons:

255.5 cups = 15.96875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.062622309197652 × 255.5 cups.

Another way is saying that 255.5 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.062622309197652 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred fifty-five point five cups is approximately fifteen point nine six nine gallons:

255.5 cup ≅ 15.969 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero six three times two hundred fifty-five point five 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