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 501 gallons into cups we have to multiply 501 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

501 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 501 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 8016 cup

The final result is:

501 gal → 8016 cup

We conclude that 501 gallons is equivalent to 8016 cups:

501 gallons = 8016 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 0.000124750499002 × 501 gallons.

Another way is saying that 501 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.000124750499002 cups.

Approximate result

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

501 gal ≅ 8016 cup

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