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 989 gallons into cups we have to multiply 989 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

989 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 989 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 15824 cup

The final result is:

989 gal → 15824 cup

We conclude that 989 gallons is equivalent to 15824 cups:

989 gallons = 15824 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 6.319514661274E-5 × 989 gallons.

Another way is saying that 989 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 6.319514661274E-5 cups.

Approximate result

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

989 gal ≅ 15824 cup

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