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 6 cups into gallons we have to multiply 6 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

6 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 6 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 0.375 gal

The final result is:

6 cup → 0.375 gal

We conclude that 6 cups is equivalent to 0.375 gallons:

6 cups = 0.375 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 2.6666666666667 × 6 cups.

Another way is saying that 6 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 2.6666666666667 gallons.

Approximate result

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

6 cup ≅ 0.375 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately two point six six seven times 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