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 48.5 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 48.5 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

48.5 gal → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 48.5 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 0.1835924723 m3

The final result is:

48.5 gal → 0.1835924723 m3

We conclude that 48.5 gallons is equivalent to 0.1835924723 cubic meters:

48.5 gallons = 0.1835924723 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 5.4468464173517 × 48.5 gallons.

Another way is saying that 48.5 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 5.4468464173517 cubic meters.

Approximate result

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

48.5 gal ≅ 0.184 m3

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