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 87 cups into gallons we have to multiply 87 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

87 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 87 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 5.4375 gal

The final result is:

87 cup → 5.4375 gal

We conclude that 87 cups is equivalent to 5.4375 gallons:

87 cups = 5.4375 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.18390804597701 × 87 cups.

Another way is saying that 87 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.18390804597701 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eighty-seven cups is approximately five point four three eight gallons:

87 cup ≅ 5.438 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point one eight four times eighty-seven 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