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 55.9 fluid ounces into gallons we have to multiply 55.9 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

55.9 fl oz → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 55.9 fl oz × 0.0078125 gal

V_(gal) = 0.43671875 gal

The final result is:

55.9 fl oz → 0.43671875 gal

We conclude that 55.9 fluid ounces is equivalent to 0.43671875 gallons:

55.9 fluid ounces = 0.43671875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 2.2898032200358 × 55.9 fluid ounces.

Another way is saying that 55.9 fluid ounces is equal to 1 ÷ 2.2898032200358 gallons.

Approximate result

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

55.9 fl oz ≅ 0.437 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately two point two nine times fifty-five point nine 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