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 488 gallons into cups we have to multiply 488 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

488 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 488 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 7808 cup

The final result is:

488 gal → 7808 cup

We conclude that 488 gallons is equivalent to 7808 cups:

488 gallons = 7808 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 0.0001280737704918 × 488 gallons.

Another way is saying that 488 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001280737704918 cups.

Approximate result

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

488 gal ≅ 7808 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times four hundred eighty-eight 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