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 5540 gallons into cups we have to multiply 5540 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

5540 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 5540 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 88640 cup

The final result is:

5540 gal → 88640 cup

We conclude that 5540 gallons is equivalent to 88640 cups:

5540 gallons = 88640 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 1.1281588447653E-5 × 5540 gallons.

Another way is saying that 5540 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1281588447653E-5 cups.

Approximate result

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

5540 gal ≅ 88640 cup

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