278 US customary cups in US gallons

Conversion formula
How to convert 278 US customary cups to US gallons?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{uscup}\approx 0.0625\mathrm{usgallon}$

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

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

Conclusion: 278 ⁢ uscup ≈ 17.375 ⁢ usgallon

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 US gallon is equal to 0.0575539568345324 times 278 US customary cups.

It can also be expressed as: 278 US customary cups is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0575539568345324}}$ US gallons.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: two hundred and seventy-eight US customary cups is about seventeen point three seven US gallons, or alternatively, a US gallon is about zero point zero six times two hundred and seventy-eight US customary cups.