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 7242 gallons into cups we have to multiply 7242 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

7242 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 7242 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 115872 cup

The final result is:

7242 gal → 115872 cup

We conclude that 7242 gallons is equivalent to 115872 cups:

7242 gallons = 115872 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 8.6302126484397E-6 × 7242 gallons.

Another way is saying that 7242 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 8.6302126484397E-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-two gallons is approximately one hundred fifteen thousand eight hundred seventy-two cups:

7242 gal ≅ 115872 cup

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