Conversion formula

The conversion factor from quarts to gallons is 0.25, which means that 1 quart is equal to 0.25 gallons:

1 qt = 0.25 gal

To convert 5000 quarts into gallons we have to multiply 5000 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from quarts to gallons. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 qt → 0.25 gal

5000 qt → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 5000 qt × 0.25 gal

V_(gal) = 1250 gal

The final result is:

5000 qt → 1250 gal

We conclude that 5000 quarts is equivalent to 1250 gallons:

5000 quarts = 1250 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.0008 × 5000 quarts.

Another way is saying that 5000 quarts is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0008 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand quarts is approximately one thousand two hundred fifty gallons:

5000 qt ≅ 1250 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero zero one times five thousand quarts.

Conversion table

quarts to gallons chart

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