Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to deciliters is 37.854118, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 37.854118 deciliters:

1 gal = 37.854118 dL

To convert 4.2 gallons into deciliters we have to multiply 4.2 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to deciliters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 37.854118 dL

4.2 gal → V_(dL)

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

V_(dL) = 4.2 gal × 37.854118 dL

V_(dL) = 158.9872956 dL

The final result is:

4.2 gal → 158.9872956 dL

We conclude that 4.2 gallons is equivalent to 158.9872956 deciliters:

4.2 gallons = 158.9872956 deciliters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 deciliter is equal to 0.0062898107438466 × 4.2 gallons.

Another way is saying that 4.2 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0062898107438466 deciliters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four point two gallons is approximately one hundred fifty-eight point nine eight seven deciliters:

4.2 gal ≅ 158.987 dL

An alternative is also that one deciliter is approximately zero point zero zero six times four point two gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to deciliters chart

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