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 3998 cups into gallons we have to multiply 3998 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

3998 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 3998 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 249.875 gal

The final result is:

3998 cup → 249.875 gal

We conclude that 3998 cups is equivalent to 249.875 gallons:

3998 cups = 249.875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.0040020010005002 × 3998 cups.

Another way is saying that 3998 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0040020010005002 gallons.

Approximate result

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

3998 cup ≅ 249.875 gal

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