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 265.9 cups into gallons we have to multiply 265.9 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

265.9 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 265.9 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 16.61875 gal

The final result is:

265.9 cup → 16.61875 gal

We conclude that 265.9 cups is equivalent to 16.61875 gallons:

265.9 cups = 16.61875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.060172997367431 × 265.9 cups.

Another way is saying that 265.9 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.060172997367431 gallons.

Approximate result

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

265.9 cup ≅ 16.619 gal

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