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 8640 cups into gallons we have to multiply 8640 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

8640 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 8640 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 540 gal

The final result is:

8640 cup → 540 gal

We conclude that 8640 cups is equivalent to 540 gallons:

8640 cups = 540 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.0018518518518519 × 8640 cups.

Another way is saying that 8640 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0018518518518519 gallons.

Approximate result

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

8640 cup ≅ 540 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero zero two times eight thousand six hundred forty 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