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 5420 gallons into cups we have to multiply 5420 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

5420 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 5420 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 86720 cup

The final result is:

5420 gal → 86720 cup

We conclude that 5420 gallons is equivalent to 86720 cups:

5420 gallons = 86720 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 1.1531365313653E-5 × 5420 gallons.

Another way is saying that 5420 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1531365313653E-5 cups.

Approximate result

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

5420 gal ≅ 86720 cup

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