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 5072 cups into gallons we have to multiply 5072 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

5072 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 5072 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 317 gal

The final result is:

5072 cup → 317 gal

We conclude that 5072 cups is equivalent to 317 gallons:

5072 cups = 317 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.0031545741324921 × 5072 cups.

Another way is saying that 5072 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0031545741324921 gallons.

Approximate result

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

5072 cup ≅ 317 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero zero three times five thousand seventy-two 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