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 4042 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 4042 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

4042 gal → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 4042 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 15.3006344956 m3

The final result is:

4042 gal → 15.3006344956 m3

We conclude that 4042 gallons is equivalent to 15.3006344956 cubic meters:

4042 gallons = 15.3006344956 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 0.065356766759416 × 4042 gallons.

Another way is saying that 4042 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.065356766759416 cubic meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand forty-two gallons is approximately fifteen point three zero one cubic meters:

4042 gal ≅ 15.301 m3

An alternative is also that one cubic meter is approximately zero point zero six five times four thousand forty-two 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