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 2997 cups into gallons we have to multiply 2997 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

2997 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 2997 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 187.3125 gal

The final result is:

2997 cup → 187.3125 gal

We conclude that 2997 cups is equivalent to 187.3125 gallons:

2997 cups = 187.3125 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.0053386720053387 × 2997 cups.

Another way is saying that 2997 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0053386720053387 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two thousand nine hundred ninety-seven cups is approximately one hundred eighty-seven point three one three gallons:

2997 cup ≅ 187.313 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero zero five times two thousand nine hundred ninety-seven 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