Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to cubic meters is 0.0037854118, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 0.0037854118 cubic meters:

1 gal = 0.0037854118 m3

To convert 242 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 242 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to cubic meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 0.0037854118 m3

242 gal → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 242 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 0.9160696556 m3

The final result is:

242 gal → 0.9160696556 m3

We conclude that 242 gallons is equivalent to 0.9160696556 cubic meters:

242 gallons = 0.9160696556 cubic meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cubic meter is equal to 1.0916200464527 × 242 gallons.

Another way is saying that 242 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0916200464527 cubic meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred forty-two gallons is approximately zero point nine one six cubic meters:

242 gal ≅ 0.916 m3

An alternative is also that one cubic meter is approximately one point zero nine two times two hundred forty-two gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to cubic meters chart

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