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 999.5 gallons into cups we have to multiply 999.5 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

999.5 gal → V_(cup)

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

V_(cup) = 999.5 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 15992 cup

The final result is:

999.5 gal → 15992 cup

We conclude that 999.5 gallons is equivalent to 15992 cups:

999.5 gallons = 15992 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 6.2531265632816E-5 × 999.5 gallons.

Another way is saying that 999.5 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 6.2531265632816E-5 cups.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred ninety-nine point five gallons is approximately fifteen thousand nine hundred ninety-two cups:

999.5 gal ≅ 15992 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times nine hundred ninety-nine point five 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