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 47.2 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 47.2 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

47.2 gal → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 47.2 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 0.17867143696 m3

The final result is:

47.2 gal → 0.17867143696 m3

We conclude that 47.2 gallons is equivalent to 0.17867143696 cubic meters:

47.2 gallons = 0.17867143696 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 5.5968654924059 × 47.2 gallons.

Another way is saying that 47.2 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 5.5968654924059 cubic meters.

Approximate result

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

47.2 gal ≅ 0.179 m3

An alternative is also that one cubic meter is approximately five point five nine seven times forty-seven point 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