Conversion formula

The conversion factor from quarts to gallons is 0.25, which means that 1 quart is equal to 0.25 gallons:

1 qt = 0.25 gal

To convert 20.5 quarts into gallons we have to multiply 20.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from quarts to gallons. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 qt → 0.25 gal

20.5 qt → V_(gal)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in gallons:

V_(gal) = 20.5 qt × 0.25 gal

V_(gal) = 5.125 gal

The final result is:

20.5 qt → 5.125 gal

We conclude that 20.5 quarts is equivalent to 5.125 gallons:

20.5 quarts = 5.125 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.19512195121951 × 20.5 quarts.

Another way is saying that 20.5 quarts is equal to 1 ÷ 0.19512195121951 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty point five quarts is approximately five point one two five gallons:

20.5 qt ≅ 5.125 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point one nine five times twenty point five quarts.

Conversion table

quarts to gallons chart

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