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 8240 gallons into cups we have to multiply 8240 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

8240 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 8240 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 131840 cup

The final result is:

8240 gal → 131840 cup

We conclude that 8240 gallons is equivalent to 131840 cups:

8240 gallons = 131840 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 7.5849514563107E-6 × 8240 gallons.

Another way is saying that 8240 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 7.5849514563107E-6 cups.

Approximate result

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

8240 gal ≅ 131840 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times eight 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