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 288.6 cups into gallons we have to multiply 288.6 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

288.6 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 288.6 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 18.0375 gal

The final result is:

288.6 cup → 18.0375 gal

We conclude that 288.6 cups is equivalent to 18.0375 gallons:

288.6 cups = 18.0375 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.055440055440055 × 288.6 cups.

Another way is saying that 288.6 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.055440055440055 gallons.

Approximate result

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

288.6 cup ≅ 18.038 gal

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