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 278.5 cups into gallons we have to multiply 278.5 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

278.5 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 278.5 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 17.40625 gal

The final result is:

278.5 cup → 17.40625 gal

We conclude that 278.5 cups is equivalent to 17.40625 gallons:

278.5 cups = 17.40625 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.057450628366248 × 278.5 cups.

Another way is saying that 278.5 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.057450628366248 gallons.

Approximate result

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

278.5 cup ≅ 17.406 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero five seven times two hundred seventy-eight point five 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