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 4200 cups into gallons we have to multiply 4200 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

4200 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 4200 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 262.5 gal

The final result is:

4200 cup → 262.5 gal

We conclude that 4200 cups is equivalent to 262.5 gallons:

4200 cups = 262.5 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.0038095238095238 × 4200 cups.

Another way is saying that 4200 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0038095238095238 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand two hundred cups is approximately two hundred sixty-two point five gallons:

4200 cup ≅ 262.5 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero zero four times four thousand two hundred 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