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 27.8 cups into gallons we have to multiply 27.8 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

27.8 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 27.8 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 1.7375 gal

The final result is:

27.8 cup → 1.7375 gal

We conclude that 27.8 cups is equivalent to 1.7375 gallons:

27.8 cups = 1.7375 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.57553956834532 × 27.8 cups.

Another way is saying that 27.8 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.57553956834532 gallons.

Approximate result

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

27.8 cup ≅ 1.738 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point five seven six times twenty-seven point eight 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