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 879 gallons into cups we have to multiply 879 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

879 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 879 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 14064 cup

The final result is:

879 gal → 14064 cup

We conclude that 879 gallons is equivalent to 14064 cups:

879 gallons = 14064 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 7.1103526734926E-5 × 879 gallons.

Another way is saying that 879 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 7.1103526734926E-5 cups.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight hundred seventy-nine gallons is approximately fourteen thousand sixty-four cups:

879 gal ≅ 14064 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times eight hundred seventy-nine 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