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 5079 gallons into cups we have to multiply 5079 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

5079 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 5079 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 81264 cup

The final result is:

5079 gal → 81264 cup

We conclude that 5079 gallons is equivalent to 81264 cups:

5079 gallons = 81264 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 1.2305571962985E-5 × 5079 gallons.

Another way is saying that 5079 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.2305571962985E-5 cups.

Approximate result

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

5079 gal ≅ 81264 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times five thousand seventy-nine 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