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 5171 gallons into cups we have to multiply 5171 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

5171 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 5171 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 82736 cup

The final result is:

5171 gal → 82736 cup

We conclude that 5171 gallons is equivalent to 82736 cups:

5171 gallons = 82736 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 1.2086637014117E-5 × 5171 gallons.

Another way is saying that 5171 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.2086637014117E-5 cups.

Approximate result

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

5171 gal ≅ 82736 cup

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