42 US customary cups in US dry barrels

Result

The conversion result is: 42 US customary cups is equivalent to 0.0859375 US dry barrels.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 42 US customary cups to US dry barrels?

We know (by definition) that: 1 uscup ≈ 0.00204613095238095 drybarrel.

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of US dry barrels.

1 uscup / 42 uscup ≈ 0.00204613095238095 drybarrel / x drybarrel

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x drybarrel ≈ (42 uscup / 1 uscup) * 0.00204613095238095 drybarrel → x drybarrel ≈ 0.08593749999999989 drybarrel

Conclusion:

42 uscup ≈ 0.08593749999999989 drybarrel

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 US dry barrel is equal to 11.6363636363636 times 42 US customary cups.

It can also be expressed as: 42 US customary cups is equal to 1 / 11.6363636363636 US dry barrels.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-two US customary cups is about zero point zero nine US dry barrels, or alternatively, a US dry barrel is about eleven point six four times forty-two US customary cups.