Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to cups is 16, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 16 cups:

1 gal = 16 cup

To convert 2979 gallons into cups we have to multiply 2979 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to cups. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 16 cup

2979 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 2979 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 47664 cup

The final result is:

2979 gal → 47664 cup

We conclude that 2979 gallons is equivalent to 47664 cups:

2979 gallons = 47664 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 2.0980194696207E-5 × 2979 gallons.

Another way is saying that 2979 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0980194696207E-5 cups.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two thousand nine hundred seventy-nine gallons is approximately forty-seven thousand six hundred sixty-four cups:

2979 gal ≅ 47664 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times two thousand nine hundred seventy-nine gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to cups chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from gallons to cups