US liquid gallon | 1 US gal lqd | 2 US gal lqd | 3 US gal lqd | 4 US gal lqd | 5 US gal lqd | 6 US gal lqd | 7 US gal lqd | 8 US gal lqd | 9 US gal lqd | 10 US gal lqd | 11 US gal lqd | 12 US gal lqd | 13 US gal lqd | 14 US gal lqd | 15 US gal lqd | 16 US gal lqd | 17 US gal lqd | 18 US gal lqd | 19 US gal lqd | 20 US gal lqd | 21 US gal lqd | 22 US gal lqd | 23 US gal lqd | 24 US gal lqd | 25 US gal lqd | 26 US gal lqd | 27 US gal lqd | 28 US gal lqd | 29 US gal lqd | 30 US gal lqd | 31 US gal lqd | 32 US gal lqd | 33 US gal lqd | 34 US gal lqd | 35 US gal lqd | 36 US gal lqd | 37 US gal lqd | 38 US gal lqd | 39 US gal lqd | 40 US gal lqd | 41 US gal lqd | 42 US gal lqd | 43 US gal lqd | 44 US gal lqd | 45 US gal lqd | 46 US gal lqd | 47 US gal lqd | 48 US gal lqd | 49 US gal lqd | 50 US gal lqd | 51 US gal lqd | 52 US gal lqd | 53 US gal lqd | 54 US gal lqd | 55 US gal lqd | 56 US gal lqd | 57 US gal lqd | 58 US gal lqd | 59 US gal lqd | 60 US gal lqd | 61 US gal lqd | 62 US gal lqd | 63 US gal lqd | 64 US gal lqd | 65 US gal lqd | 66 US gal lqd | 67 US gal lqd | 68 US gal lqd | 69 US gal lqd | 70 US gal lqd | 71 US gal lqd | 72 US gal lqd | 73 US gal lqd | 74 US gal lqd | 75 US gal lqd | 76 US gal lqd | 77 US gal lqd | 78 US gal lqd | 79 US gal lqd | 80 US gal lqd | 81 US gal lqd | 82 US gal lqd | 83 US gal lqd | 84 US gal lqd | 85 US gal lqd | 86 US gal lqd | 87 US gal lqd | 88 US gal lqd | 89 US gal lqd | 90 US gal lqd | 91 US gal lqd | 92 US gal lqd | 93 US gal lqd | 94 US gal lqd | 95 US gal lqd | 96 US gal lqd | 97 US gal lqd | 98 US gal lqd | 99 US gal lqd | 100 US gal lqd |
cubic meter | 0.0037854 m3 | 0.0075708 m3 | 0.0113562 m3 | 0.0151416 m3 | 0.0189271 m3 | 0.0227125 m3 | 0.0264979 m3 | 0.0302833 m3 | 0.0340687 m3 | 0.0378541 m3 | 0.0416395 m3 | 0.0454249 m3 | 0.0492104 m3 | 0.0529958 m3 | 0.0567812 m3 | 0.0605666 m3 | 0.0643520 m3 | 0.0681374 m3 | 0.0719228 m3 | 0.0757082 m3 | 0.0794936 m3 | 0.0832791 m3 | 0.0870645 m3 | 0.0908499 m3 | 0.0946353 m3 | 0.0984207 m3 | 0.1022061 m3 | 0.1059915 m3 | 0.1097769 m3 | 0.1135624 m3 | 0.1173478 m3 | 0.1211332 m3 | 0.1249186 m3 | 0.1287040 m3 | 0.1324894 m3 | 0.1362748 m3 | 0.1400602 m3 | 0.1438456 m3 | 0.1476311 m3 | 0.1514165 m3 | 0.1552019 m3 | 0.1589873 m3 | 0.1627727 m3 | 0.1665581 m3 | 0.1703435 m3 | 0.1741289 m3 | 0.1779144 m3 | 0.1816998 m3 | 0.1854852 m3 | 0.1892706 m3 | 0.1930560 m3 | 0.1968414 m3 | 0.2006268 m3 | 0.2044122 m3 | 0.2081976 m3 | 0.2119831 m3 | 0.2157685 m3 | 0.2195539 m3 | 0.2233393 m3 | 0.2271247 m3 | 0.2309101 m3 | 0.2346955 m3 | 0.2384809 m3 | 0.2422664 m3 | 0.2460518 m3 | 0.2498372 m3 | 0.2536226 m3 | 0.2574080 m3 | 0.2611934 m3 | 0.2649788 m3 | 0.2687642 m3 | 0.2725496 m3 | 0.2763351 m3 | 0.2801205 m3 | 0.2839059 m3 | 0.2876913 m3 | 0.2914767 m3 | 0.2952621 m3 | 0.2990475 m3 | 0.3028329 m3 | 0.3066184 m3 | 0.3104038 m3 | 0.3141892 m3 | 0.3179746 m3 | 0.3217600 m3 | 0.3255454 m3 | 0.3293308 m3 | 0.3331162 m3 | 0.3369016 m3 | 0.3406871 m3 | 0.3444725 m3 | 0.3482579 m3 | 0.3520433 m3 | 0.3558287 m3 | 0.3596141 m3 | 0.3633995 m3 | 0.3671849 m3 | 0.3709704 m3 | 0.3747558 m3 | 0.3785412 m3 |
The US gallon is legally defined as 231 cubic inches, which is exactly 3.785411784 liters. A US liquid gallon of water weighs about 8.34 pounds or 3.78 kilograms at 62 °F (17 °C), making it about 16.6% lighter than the imperial gallon. There are four quarts in a gallon, two pints in a quart and 16 US fluid ounces in a US pint, which makes the US fluid ounce equal to 1⁄128 of a US gallon. In order to overcome the effects of expansion and contraction with temperature when using a gallon to specify a quantity of material for purposes of trade, it is common to define the temperature at which the material will occupy the specified volume. For example, the volume of petroleum products and alcoholic beverages are both referenced to 60 °F (16 °C) in government regulations.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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US liquid gallon | US gal lqd | ≡ 231 cu in | ≡ 3.785411784×10−3 m3 | Imperial/US |
US liquid gallons | cubic meters | US liquid gallons | cubic meters |
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1 | ≡ 0.003785411784 | 6 | ≡ 0.022712470704 |
2 | ≡ 0.007570823568 | 7 | ≡ 0.026497882488 |
3 | ≡ 0.011356235352 | 8 | ≡ 0.030283294272 |
4 | ≡ 0.015141647136 | 9 | ≡ 0.034068706056 |
5 | ≡ 0.01892705892 | 10 | ≡ 0.03785411784 |
The cubic metre (in British English and international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or cubic meter (in American English) is the SI derived unitof volume. Its SI symbol is m3. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. An alternative name, which allowed a different usage with metric prefixes, was the stère, still sometimes used for dry measure (for instance, in reference to wood). Another alternative name, no longer widely used, was the kilolitre.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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cubic meter | m3 | ≡ 1 m × 1 m × 1 m | ≡ 1 m3 | Metric system SI |
cubic meters | US liquid gallons | cubic meters | US liquid gallons |
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1 | ≡ 264.17205235815 | 6 | ≡ 1585.0323141489 |
2 | ≡ 528.3441047163 | 7 | ≡ 1849.204366507 |
3 | ≡ 792.51615707445 | 8 | ≡ 2113.3764188652 |
4 | ≡ 1056.6882094326 | 9 | ≡ 2377.5484712233 |
5 | ≡ 1320.8602617907 | 10 | ≡ 2641.7205235815 |
US liquid gallons | cubic meters |
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1 | ≡ 0.0037854 |
264.1720524 | ≡ 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |