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 72.1 cups into gallons we have to multiply 72.1 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

72.1 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 72.1 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 4.50625 gal

The final result is:

72.1 cup → 4.50625 gal

We conclude that 72.1 cups is equivalent to 4.50625 gallons:

72.1 cups = 4.50625 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.22191400832178 × 72.1 cups.

Another way is saying that 72.1 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.22191400832178 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventy-two point one cups is approximately four point five zero six gallons:

72.1 cup ≅ 4.506 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point two two two times seventy-two point one 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