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 3172 gallons into quarts we have to multiply 3172 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

3172 gal → V_(qt)

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

V_(qt) = 3172 gal × 4 qt

V_(qt) = 12688 qt

The final result is:

3172 gal → 12688 qt

We conclude that 3172 gallons is equivalent to 12688 quarts:

3172 gallons = 12688 quarts

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 quart is equal to 7.8814627994956E-5 × 3172 gallons.

Another way is saying that 3172 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 7.8814627994956E-5 quarts.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand one hundred seventy-two gallons is approximately twelve thousand six hundred eighty-eight quarts:

3172 gal ≅ 12688 qt

An alternative is also that one quart is approximately zero times three thousand one hundred seventy-two 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