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 397 cups into gallons we have to multiply 397 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

397 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 397 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 24.8125 gal

The final result is:

397 cup → 24.8125 gal

We conclude that 397 cups is equivalent to 24.8125 gallons:

397 cups = 24.8125 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.040302267002519 × 397 cups.

Another way is saying that 397 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.040302267002519 gallons.

Approximate result

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

397 cup ≅ 24.813 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero four times three 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