Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to cubic meters is 0.0037854118, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 0.0037854118 cubic meters:

1 gal = 0.0037854118 m3

To convert 8420 gallons into cubic meters we have to multiply 8420 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to cubic meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 0.0037854118 m3

8420 gal → V_(m3)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in cubic meters:

V_(m3) = 8420 gal × 0.0037854118 m3

V_(m3) = 31.873167356 m3

The final result is:

8420 gal → 31.873167356 m3

We conclude that 8420 gallons is equivalent to 31.873167356 cubic meters:

8420 gallons = 31.873167356 cubic meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cubic meter is equal to 0.031374352879045 × 8420 gallons.

Another way is saying that 8420 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.031374352879045 cubic meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand four hundred twenty gallons is approximately thirty-one point eight seven three cubic meters:

8420 gal ≅ 31.873 m3

An alternative is also that one cubic meter is approximately zero point zero three one times eight thousand four hundred twenty gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to cubic meters chart

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