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 56 cups into gallons we have to multiply 56 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

56 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 56 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 3.5 gal

The final result is:

56 cup → 3.5 gal

We conclude that 56 cups is equivalent to 3.5 gallons:

56 cups = 3.5 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.28571428571429 × 56 cups.

Another way is saying that 56 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.28571428571429 gallons.

Approximate result

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

56 cup ≅ 3.5 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point two eight six times fifty-six 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