Conversion formula

The conversion factor from fluid ounces to gallons is 0.0078125, which means that 1 fluid ounce is equal to 0.0078125 gallons:

1 fl oz = 0.0078125 gal

To convert 5.5 fluid ounces into gallons we have to multiply 5.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from fluid ounces to gallons. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 fl oz → 0.0078125 gal

5.5 fl oz → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 5.5 fl oz × 0.0078125 gal

V_(gal) = 0.04296875 gal

The final result is:

5.5 fl oz → 0.04296875 gal

We conclude that 5.5 fluid ounces is equivalent to 0.04296875 gallons:

5.5 fluid ounces = 0.04296875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 23.272727272727 × 5.5 fluid ounces.

Another way is saying that 5.5 fluid ounces is equal to 1 ÷ 23.272727272727 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five point five fluid ounces is approximately zero point zero four three gallons:

5.5 fl oz ≅ 0.043 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately twenty-three point two seven three times five point five fluid ounces.

Conversion table

fluid ounces to gallons chart

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