Unit Converter
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 0.5 quarts into gallons we have to multiply 0.5 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
0.5 qt → V(gal)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in gallons:
V(gal) = 0.5 qt × 0.25 gal
V(gal) = 0.125 gal
The final result is:
0.5 qt → 0.125 gal
We conclude that 0.5 quarts is equivalent to 0.125 gallons:
0.5 quarts = 0.125 gallons
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 8 × 0.5 quarts.
Another way is saying that 0.5 quarts is equal to 1 ÷ 8 gallons.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that zero point five quarts is approximately zero point one two five gallons:
0.5 qt ≅ 0.125 gal
An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately eight times zero point five 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
quarts (qt) | gallons (gal) |
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1.5 quarts | 0.375 gallons |
2.5 quarts | 0.625 gallons |
3.5 quarts | 0.875 gallons |
4.5 quarts | 1.125 gallons |
5.5 quarts | 1.375 gallons |
6.5 quarts | 1.625 gallons |
7.5 quarts | 1.875 gallons |
8.5 quarts | 2.125 gallons |
9.5 quarts | 2.375 gallons |
10.5 quarts | 2.625 gallons |