Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to cups is 16, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 16 cups:

1 gal = 16 cup

To convert 2560 gallons into cups we have to multiply 2560 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to cups. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 16 cup

2560 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 2560 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 40960 cup

The final result is:

2560 gal → 40960 cup

We conclude that 2560 gallons is equivalent to 40960 cups:

2560 gallons = 40960 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 2.44140625E-5 × 2560 gallons.

Another way is saying that 2560 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 2.44140625E-5 cups.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two thousand five hundred sixty gallons is approximately forty thousand nine hundred sixty cups:

2560 gal ≅ 40960 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times two thousand five hundred sixty gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to cups chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from gallons to cups