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 7240 gallons into cups we have to multiply 7240 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

7240 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 7240 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 115840 cup

The final result is:

7240 gal → 115840 cup

We conclude that 7240 gallons is equivalent to 115840 cups:

7240 gallons = 115840 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 8.6325966850829E-6 × 7240 gallons.

Another way is saying that 7240 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 8.6325966850829E-6 cups.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven thousand two hundred forty gallons is approximately one hundred fifteen thousand eight hundred forty cups:

7240 gal ≅ 115840 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times seven thousand two hundred forty 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