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 259 cups into gallons we have to multiply 259 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

259 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 259 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 16.1875 gal

The final result is:

259 cup → 16.1875 gal

We conclude that 259 cups is equivalent to 16.1875 gallons:

259 cups = 16.1875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.061776061776062 × 259 cups.

Another way is saying that 259 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.061776061776062 gallons.

Approximate result

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

259 cup ≅ 16.188 gal

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