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Facts about Gallon
Basic Facts: The gallon is a unit of volume in the United States’ customary units and imperial units. 3 distinct versions are in current use:
– The imperial gallon [imp gal], defined as 4.54609 litres, which is or was used in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and some Caribbean countries;
– The US gallon [US gal] is defined as 231 cubic inches [exactly 3.785411784 L], which is used in the US and some Latin American and Caribbean countries;
– The US dry gallon “usdrygal” is defined as 1/8 US bushel [exactly 4.40488377086 L].
There are four quarts in a gallon and eight pints in a gallon, which have dissimilar volumes in different systems. For both US [liquid] and an imperial gallon, the IEEE standard symbol is gal.
History: The term most immediately comes from galun, in Old Northern French – galon, but the usage was common in several languages, for instance, “gęllet” [means bowl] in Old English and “jale” in Old French.
The gallon was formed as the base of systems for measuring wine and beer in England. The sizes of gallons used in these two systems differed from each other: 1) One was based on the wine gallon [equal in size to the US gallon], 2) The other one is either the ale gallon or the larger imperial gallon.
By the end of the 18th century, there were three definitions of the gallon in common use:
1. The corn gallon, or Winchester gallon, of about 268.8 cubic inches (≈ 4.405 L) – The corn or dry gallon is used [along with the dry quart and pint] in the US for grain and different dry commodities.
2. The wine gallon, or Queen Anne’s gallon, which was 231 cubic inches [49] (≈ 3.785 L) – The wine, fluid, or liquid gallon has been the standard US gallon since the early 19th century.
3. The ale gallon of 282 cubic inches (≈ 4.622 L). – Britain adopted a close approximation, in 1824, to the ale gallon known as the imperial gallon and abolished all other gallons in favor of it.
Use: Gallons are often utilized for larger containers In the United States (US), such as one-gallon cartons of milk or half-gallon tubs of ice cream. In the US, as well as some of its territories gallons are also widely used in fuel economy expression. The US gallon is utilized more frequently than the imperial gallon. Most countries around the world use liters when referencing fuel.
Facts about Cup (unit)
Basic facts: The cup (unit) is a measure of volume in cooking in the United States customary and imperial systems of measurement. The metric cup is represented as 250 milliliters. 1 US customary cup is equivalent to 236.5882365 milliliters as well as 1/16 US customary gallons, 8 US customary fluid ounces, 16 US customary tablespoons, or 48 U.S. customary teaspoons.
Use: As mentioned above, the cup (unit) is commonly used in cooking to measure liquids and bulk foods, often on the subject of serving sizes [serving size, also known as the portion size is the amount of a drink or food that is commonly served]. In terms of size, actual drinking cups can differ significantly and are generally not a good indication of this unit. Instead, standardized measuring cups are used.
How many cups in a gallon?
1 gallon is equivalent to 16 cups. Use 16 as the factor to convert gallons to cups. Below find some popular gallons to cups conversion questions:
- How many cups in 1 gallons? 1 gallons x 16 = 16 number cups
- How many cups in 2 gallons? 2 gallons x 16 = 32 number cups
- How many cups in 3 gallons? 3 gallons x 16 = 48 number cups
- How many cups in 4 gallons? 4 gallons x 16 = 64 number cups
- How many cups in 5 gallons? 5 gallons x 16 = 80 number cups
- How many cups in 6 gallons? 6 gallons x 16 = 96 number cups
- How many cups in 7 gallons? 7 gallons x 16 = 112 number cups
- How many cups in 8 gallons? 8 gallons x 16 = 128 number cups
- How many cups in 10 gallons? 10 gallons x 16 = 160 number cups
- How many cups in 12 gallons? 12 gallons x 16 = 192 number cups
- How many cups in 15 gallons? 15 gallons x 16 = 240 number cups
- How many cups in 16 gallons? 16 gallons x 16 = 256 number cups
- How many cups in 20 gallons? 20 gallons x 16 = 320 number cups
- How many cups in 40 gallons? 40 gallons x 16 = 640 number cups
Gallons to Cups Conversion Chart
| Gallons | Cups | Gallons | Cups | Gallons | Cups | Gallons | Cups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 26 | 416 | 51 | 816 | 76 | 1216 |
| 2 | 32 | 27 | 432 | 52 | 832 | 77 | 1232 |
| 3 | 48 | 28 | 448 | 53 | 848 | 78 | 1248 |
| 4 | 64 | 29 | 464 | 54 | 864 | 79 | 1264 |
| 5 | 80 | 30 | 480 | 55 | 880 | 80 | 1280 |
| 6 | 96 | 31 | 496 | 56 | 896 | 81 | 1296 |
| 7 | 112 | 32 | 512 | 57 | 912 | 82 | 1312 |
| 8 | 128 | 33 | 528 | 58 | 928 | 83 | 1328 |
| 9 | 144 | 34 | 544 | 59 | 944 | 84 | 1344 |
| 10 | 160 | 35 | 560 | 60 | 960 | 85 | 1360 |
| 11 | 176 | 36 | 576 | 61 | 976 | 86 | 1376 |
| 12 | 192 | 37 | 592 | 62 | 992 | 87 | 1392 |
| 13 | 208 | 38 | 608 | 63 | 1008 | 88 | 1408 |
| 14 | 224 | 39 | 624 | 64 | 1024 | 89 | 1424 |
| 15 | 240 | 40 | 640 | 65 | 1040 | 90 | 1440 |
| 16 | 256 | 41 | 656 | 66 | 1056 | 91 | 1456 |
| 17 | 272 | 42 | 672 | 67 | 1072 | 92 | 1472 |
| 18 | 288 | 43 | 688 | 68 | 1088 | 93 | 1488 |
| 19 | 304 | 44 | 704 | 69 | 1104 | 94 | 1504 |
| 20 | 320 | 45 | 720 | 70 | 1120 | 95 | 1520 |
| 21 | 336 | 46 | 736 | 71 | 1136 | 96 | 1536 |
| 22 | 352 | 47 | 752 | 72 | 1152 | 97 | 1552 |
| 23 | 368 | 48 | 768 | 73 | 1168 | 98 | 1568 |
| 24 | 384 | 49 | 784 | 74 | 1184 | 99 | 1584 |
| 25 | 400 | 50 | 800 | 75 | 1200 | 100 | 1600 |