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 5871 gallons into cups we have to multiply 5871 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

5871 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 5871 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 93936 cup

The final result is:

5871 gal → 93936 cup

We conclude that 5871 gallons is equivalent to 93936 cups:

5871 gallons = 93936 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 1.0645545903594E-5 × 5871 gallons.

Another way is saying that 5871 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0645545903594E-5 cups.

Approximate result

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

5871 gal ≅ 93936 cup

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