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 494 gallons into cups we have to multiply 494 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

494 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 494 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 7904 cup

The final result is:

494 gal → 7904 cup

We conclude that 494 gallons is equivalent to 7904 cups:

494 gallons = 7904 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 0.00012651821862348 × 494 gallons.

Another way is saying that 494 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012651821862348 cups.

Approximate result

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

494 gal ≅ 7904 cup

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