Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to quarts is 4, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 4 quarts:

1 gal = 4 qt

To convert 490 gallons into quarts we have to multiply 490 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to quarts. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 4 qt

490 gal → V_(qt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in quarts:

V_(qt) = 490 gal × 4 qt

V_(qt) = 1960 qt

The final result is:

490 gal → 1960 qt

We conclude that 490 gallons is equivalent to 1960 quarts:

490 gallons = 1960 quarts

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 quart is equal to 0.00051020408163265 × 490 gallons.

Another way is saying that 490 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00051020408163265 quarts.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred ninety gallons is approximately one thousand nine hundred sixty quarts:

490 gal ≅ 1960 qt

An alternative is also that one quart is approximately zero point zero zero one times four hundred ninety gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to quarts chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from gallons to quarts