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 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 48 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 gal → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 48 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 0.1816997664 m3

The final result is:

48 gal → 0.1816997664 m3

We conclude that 48 gallons is equivalent to 0.1816997664 cubic meters:

48 gallons = 0.1816997664 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 5.5035844008658 × 48 gallons.

Another way is saying that 48 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 5.5035844008658 cubic meters.

Approximate result

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

48 gal ≅ 0.182 m3

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