Conversion formula

The conversion factor from liters to gallons is 0.26417205124156, which means that 1 liter is equal to 0.26417205124156 gallons:

1 L = 0.26417205124156 gal

To convert 40 liters into gallons we have to multiply 40 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from liters to gallons. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 L → 0.26417205124156 gal

40 L → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 40 L × 0.26417205124156 gal

V_(gal) = 10.566882049662 gal

The final result is:

40 L → 10.566882049662 gal

We conclude that 40 liters is equivalent to 10.566882049662 gallons:

40 liters = 10.566882049662 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.094635295 × 40 liters.

Another way is saying that 40 liters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.094635295 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty liters is approximately ten point five six seven gallons:

40 L ≅ 10.567 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero nine five times forty liters.

Conversion table

liters to gallons chart

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