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 3171 gallons into cups we have to multiply 3171 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

3171 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 3171 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 50736 cup

The final result is:

3171 gal → 50736 cup

We conclude that 3171 gallons is equivalent to 50736 cups:

3171 gallons = 50736 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 1.9709870703248E-5 × 3171 gallons.

Another way is saying that 3171 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.9709870703248E-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 seventy-one gallons is approximately fifty thousand seven hundred thirty-six cups:

3171 gal ≅ 50736 cup

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