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 39.7 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 39.7 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

39.7 gal → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 39.7 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 0.15028084846 m3

The final result is:

39.7 gal → 0.15028084846 m3

We conclude that 39.7 gallons is equivalent to 0.15028084846 cubic meters:

39.7 gallons = 0.15028084846 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 6.6542078398377 × 39.7 gallons.

Another way is saying that 39.7 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 6.6542078398377 cubic meters.

Approximate result

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

39.7 gal ≅ 0.15 m3

An alternative is also that one cubic meter is approximately six point six five four times thirty-nine point seven 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