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 8720 cups into gallons we have to multiply 8720 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

8720 cup → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 8720 cup × 0.0625 gal

V_(gal) = 545 gal

The final result is:

8720 cup → 545 gal

We conclude that 8720 cups is equivalent to 545 gallons:

8720 cups = 545 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.0018348623853211 × 8720 cups.

Another way is saying that 8720 cups is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0018348623853211 gallons.

Approximate result

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

8720 cup ≅ 545 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero zero two times eight thousand seven hundred twenty 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