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 3117 gallons into cups we have to multiply 3117 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

3117 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 3117 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 49872 cup

The final result is:

3117 gal → 49872 cup

We conclude that 3117 gallons is equivalent to 49872 cups:

3117 gallons = 49872 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 2.0051331408406E-5 × 3117 gallons.

Another way is saying that 3117 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0051331408406E-5 cups.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand one hundred seventeen gallons is approximately forty-nine thousand eight hundred seventy-two cups:

3117 gal ≅ 49872 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times three thousand one hundred seventeen 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