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 488.5 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 488.5 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

488.5 gal → V_(m3)

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

V_(m3) = 488.5 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 1.8491736643 m3

The final result is:

488.5 gal → 1.8491736643 m3

We conclude that 488.5 gallons is equivalent to 1.8491736643 cubic meters:

488.5 gallons = 1.8491736643 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 0.54078209056614 × 488.5 gallons.

Another way is saying that 488.5 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.54078209056614 cubic meters.

Approximate result

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

488.5 gal ≅ 1.849 m3

An alternative is also that one cubic meter is approximately zero point five four one times four hundred eighty-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