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 500 gallons into cups we have to multiply 500 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

500 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 500 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 8000 cup

The final result is:

500 gal → 8000 cup

We conclude that 500 gallons is equivalent to 8000 cups:

500 gallons = 8000 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 0.000125 × 500 gallons.

Another way is saying that 500 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.000125 cups.

Approximate result

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

500 gal ≅ 8000 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times five hundred 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