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 3872 cups into gallons we have to multiply 3872 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

3872 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 3872 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 242 gal

The final result is:

3872 cup → 242 gal

We conclude that 3872 cups is equivalent to 242 gallons:

3872 cups = 242 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.0041322314049587 × 3872 cups.

Another way is saying that 3872 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0041322314049587 gallons.

Approximate result

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

3872 cup ≅ 242 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero zero four times three thousand eight hundred seventy-two 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