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 5980 gallons into cups we have to multiply 5980 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

5980 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 5980 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 95680 cup

The final result is:

5980 gal → 95680 cup

We conclude that 5980 gallons is equivalent to 95680 cups:

5980 gallons = 95680 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 1.0451505016722E-5 × 5980 gallons.

Another way is saying that 5980 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0451505016722E-5 cups.

Approximate result

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

5980 gal ≅ 95680 cup

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