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 54.2 cups into gallons we have to multiply 54.2 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

54.2 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 54.2 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 3.3875 gal

The final result is:

54.2 cup → 3.3875 gal

We conclude that 54.2 cups is equivalent to 3.3875 gallons:

54.2 cups = 3.3875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.29520295202952 × 54.2 cups.

Another way is saying that 54.2 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.29520295202952 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifty-four point two cups is approximately three point three eight eight gallons:

54.2 cup ≅ 3.388 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point two nine five times fifty-four point 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