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 2980 gallons into cups we have to multiply 2980 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

2980 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 2980 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 47680 cup

The final result is:

2980 gal → 47680 cup

We conclude that 2980 gallons is equivalent to 47680 cups:

2980 gallons = 47680 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 2.0973154362416E-5 × 2980 gallons.

Another way is saying that 2980 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0973154362416E-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 eighty gallons is approximately forty-seven thousand six hundred eighty cups:

2980 gal ≅ 47680 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times two thousand nine hundred eighty 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