Unit Converter
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 3 cups into gallons we have to multiply 3 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
3 cup → V(gal)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in gallons:
V(gal) = 3 cup × 0.0625 gal
V(gal) = 0.1875 gal
The final result is:
3 cup → 0.1875 gal
We conclude that 3 cups is equivalent to 0.1875 gallons:
3 cups = 0.1875 gallons
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 5.3333333333333 × 3 cups.
Another way is saying that 3 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 5.3333333333333 gallons.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three cups is approximately zero point one eight eight gallons:
3 cup ≅ 0.188 gal
An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately five point three three three times three 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
cups (cup) | gallons (gal) |
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4 cups | 0.25 gallons |
5 cups | 0.313 gallons |
6 cups | 0.375 gallons |
7 cups | 0.438 gallons |
8 cups | 0.5 gallons |
9 cups | 0.563 gallons |
10 cups | 0.625 gallons |
11 cups | 0.688 gallons |
12 cups | 0.75 gallons |
13 cups | 0.813 gallons |