Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to quarts is 4, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 4 quarts:

1 gal = 4 qt

To convert 256 gallons into quarts we have to multiply 256 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to quarts. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 4 qt

256 gal → V_(qt)

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

V_(qt) = 256 gal × 4 qt

V_(qt) = 1024 qt

The final result is:

256 gal → 1024 qt

We conclude that 256 gallons is equivalent to 1024 quarts:

256 gallons = 1024 quarts

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 quart is equal to 0.0009765625 × 256 gallons.

Another way is saying that 256 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0009765625 quarts.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred fifty-six gallons is approximately one thousand twenty-four quarts:

256 gal ≅ 1024 qt

An alternative is also that one quart is approximately zero point zero zero one times two hundred fifty-six gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to quarts chart

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