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 5.8 cups into gallons we have to multiply 5.8 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

5.8 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 5.8 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 0.3625 gal

The final result is:

5.8 cup → 0.3625 gal

We conclude that 5.8 cups is equivalent to 0.3625 gallons:

5.8 cups = 0.3625 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 2.7586206896552 × 5.8 cups.

Another way is saying that 5.8 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 2.7586206896552 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five point eight cups is approximately zero point three six three gallons:

5.8 cup ≅ 0.363 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately two point seven five nine times five point 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