Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to cubic feet is 0.1336805555555, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 0.1336805555555 cubic feet:

1 gal = 0.1336805555555 ft3

To convert 16 gallons into cubic feet we have to multiply 16 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to cubic feet. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 0.1336805555555 ft3

16 gal → V_(ft3)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in cubic feet:

V_(ft3) = 16 gal × 0.1336805555555 ft3

V_(ft3) = 2.138888888888 ft3

The final result is:

16 gal → 2.138888888888 ft3

We conclude that 16 gallons is equivalent to 2.138888888888 cubic feet:

16 gallons = 2.138888888888 cubic feet

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cubic foot is equal to 0.46753246753266 × 16 gallons.

Another way is saying that 16 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.46753246753266 cubic feet.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that sixteen gallons is approximately two point one three nine cubic feet:

16 gal ≅ 2.139 ft3

An alternative is also that one cubic foot is approximately zero point four six eight times sixteen gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to cubic feet chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from gallons to cubic feet