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 72 fluid ounces into gallons we have to multiply 72 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

72 fl oz → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 72 fl oz × 0.0078125 gal

V_(gal) = 0.5625 gal

The final result is:

72 fl oz → 0.5625 gal

We conclude that 72 fluid ounces is equivalent to 0.5625 gallons:

72 fluid ounces = 0.5625 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 1.7777777777778 × 72 fluid ounces.

Another way is saying that 72 fluid ounces is equal to 1 ÷ 1.7777777777778 gallons.

Approximate result

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

72 fl oz ≅ 0.563 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately one point seven seven eight times seventy-two 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