Worked Volume Unit Conversion Example Problem
The gallon to liter conversion is a common volume conversion. Steve McAlister, Getty Images
This example problem demonstrates how to convert gallons to liters. Gallons and liters are two common units of volume. The liter is the metric volume unit, while the gallon is the English unit. However, the American gallon and the British gallon are not the same! The gallon used in the United States is equal to exactly 231 cubic inches or 3.785411784 liters. The Imperial gallon or UK gallon is equal to approximately 277.42 cubic inches. If you're asked to perform the conversion, make sure you know which country it's for or you won't get the correct answer. This example uses the American gallon, but the set-up for the problem works the same for the Imperial gallon (just using 277.42 instead of 3.785).
Key Takeaways: Gallons to Liters
- The unit conversion between (American) gallons and liters is 1 gallon = 3.785 liters.
- British and American gallons are not the same. The American gallon is a smaller unit of volume and has a different conversion factor.
- There are about four liters per gallon.
Gallons to Liters Problem
What is the volume of a 5 gallon bucket in liters?
Solution
1 gallon = 3.785 liters
Set up the conversion so the desired unit will be cancelled out. In this case, we want liters to be the remaining unit.
volume in L = (volume in gal) x (3.785 L/1 gal)
volume in L = (5 x 3.785) L
volume in L = 18.925 L
In other word, there are about 4x more liters when you convert from gallons.
Answer
A 5 gallon bucket contains 18.925 liters.
Liters to Gallon Conversion
You can use the same conversion factor to convert liters to gallons or you can use:
1 liter = 0.264 US gallons
To find how many gallons are in 4 liters, for example:
gallons = 4 liters x 0.264 gallons/liter
The liters cancel out, leaving the gallon unit:
4 liters = 1.056 gallons
Keep this in mind: there are about 4 liters per US gallon. So, a half gallon is about 2 liters, while 2 gallons is around 8 liters.
To calculate 5 Gallons to the corresponding value in Liters, multiply the quantity in Gallons by 3.7854118 (conversion factor). In this case we should multiply 5 Gallons by 3.7854118 to get the equivalent result in Liters: 5 Gallons x 3.7854118 = 18.927059 Liters 5 Gallons is equivalent to 18.927059 Liters. The conversion factor from Gallons to
Liters is 3.7854118. To find out how many Gallons in Liters, multiply by the conversion factor or use the Volume converter above. Five Gallons is equivalent to eighteen point nine two seven Liters. The gallon (abbreviation "gal"), is a unit of volume which refers to the United States liquid gallon. There are three definitions in current use: the imperial gallon (≈ 4.546 L) which is used in the United Kingdom and
semi-officially within Canada, the United States (liquid) gallon (≈ 3.79 L) which is the commonly used, and the lesser used US dry gallon (≈ 4.40 L). The liter (also written "litre"; SI symbol L or l) is a non-SI metric system unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimeter (dm3), 1,000 cubic centimeters (cm3) or 1/1,000 cubic meter. The mass of one liter liquid water is almost exactly one kilogram. A liter is defined
as a special name for a cubic decimeter or 10 centimeters × 10 centimeters × 10 centimeters, thus, 1 L ≡ 1 dm3 ≡ 1000 cm3.Convert 5 Gallons to Liters
How to convert from Gallons to Liters
Definition of Gallon
Definition of Liter
Using the Gallons to Liters converter you can get answers to questions like the following:
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To convert gallons to liters (gal to L), you may use the gallons to liters converter above. Alternatively, to find out how many liters there are in "x" gallons, you may use the gallons to liters table above.
Below, you will find information of how to find out how many liters there are in "x" gallons, including the formulas and example conversions.
The tables and the converter are based on the US fluid gallons and liters.
How many liters in a gallon?
There are 3.785411784 liters in a gallon. To convert gallons to liters, multiply the gallon value by 3.785411784.
For example, to find out how many liters in a gallon and a half, multiply 1.5 by 3.785411784, that makes 5.678 liters in 1.5 gallons.
gallons to liters formula
liter = gallon * 3.785411784
How many liters in 1/2 gallon?
There are 1.89271 liters in 1/2 gallon.
How many liters in 1/4 gallon?
There are 0.9463529 liter in 1/4 gallon.
How many liters in 3/4 gallon?
There are 2.839059 liters in 3/4 gallon.
To convert between imperial gallons and liters, please visit imperial gallons to litres converter.
How to convert liters to gallons?
1 Liter (L) is equal to 0.26417205236 gallon (gal). To convert liters to gallons, multiply the liter value by 0.26417205236 or divide by 3.785411784.
For example, to convert 5 liters to gallons, divide 5 by 3.785411784, that makes 1.32 gallons in 5 liters.
liters to gallons formula
gallon = liter * 0.26417205236
gallon = liter / 3.785411784
What is a Gallon?
Gallon is an imperial and United States Customary measurement systems volume unit. 1 US fluid gallon = 3.785411784 liters. 1 Imperial gallon = 4.54609 liters. The symbol is "gal".
The US fluid gallon is defined as 231 cubic inches (3.785411784 liters), the US dry gallon is defined as 1⁄8 US bushel (4.4048838 liters) and the imperial gallon is defined as 4.54609 liters.
What is a Liter?
Liter (litre) is a metric system volume unit. 1 Liter = 0.26417205236 US fluid gallon. 1 liter = 0.2199692483 Imperial gallon. The symbol is "L".
To convert between US and UK gallons, please visit gallons conversion.
To convert from US fluid, dry gallons and UK gallons to liters, please visit all volume units conversion.