Unit Converter
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 cups into gallons we have to multiply 5 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 cup → V(gal)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in gallons:
V(gal) = 5 cup × 0.0625 gal
V(gal) = 0.3125 gal
The final result is:
5 cup → 0.3125 gal
We conclude that 5 cups is equivalent to 0.3125 gallons:
5 cups = 0.3125 gallons
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 3.2 × 5 cups.
Another way is saying that 5 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 3.2 gallons.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five cups is approximately zero point three one three gallons:
5 cup ≅ 0.313 gal
An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately three point two times five 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
cups (cup) | gallons (gal) |
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6 cups | 0.375 gallons |
7 cups | 0.438 gallons |
8 cups | 0.5 gallons |
9 cups | 0.563 gallons |
10 cups | 0.625 gallons |
11 cups | 0.688 gallons |
12 cups | 0.75 gallons |
13 cups | 0.813 gallons |
14 cups | 0.875 gallons |
15 cups | 0.938 gallons |