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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 270 cups into gallons we have to multiply 270 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

270 cup → V(gal)

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

V(gal) = 270 cup × 0.0625 gal

V(gal) = 16.875 gal

The final result is:

270 cup → 16.875 gal

We conclude that 270 cups is equivalent to 16.875 gallons:

270 cups = 16.875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.059259259259259 × 270 cups.

Another way is saying that 270 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.059259259259259 gallons.

Approximate result

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

270 cup ≅ 16.875 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero five nine times two hundred seventy 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

cups (cup) gallons (gal)
271 cups 16.938 gallons
272 cups 17 gallons
273 cups 17.063 gallons
274 cups 17.125 gallons
275 cups 17.188 gallons
276 cups 17.25 gallons
277 cups 17.313 gallons
278 cups 17.375 gallons
279 cups 17.438 gallons
280 cups 17.5 gallons