Is 4 quarts the same as a gallon?

To convert gallons to quarts, you may use the gallons to quarts converter above. Alternatively, to find out how many quarts there are in "x" gallons, you may use the gallons to quarts table above.

Below, you will find information of how to find out how many quarts there are in "x" gallons, including the formulas and example conversions.

How many quarts in a gallon?

There are 4 quarts in a gallon. To convert gallons to quarts, multiply the gallon value by 4.

For example, to find out how many quarts in a half gallon, multiply 4 by 0.5, that makes 2 quarts in a half gallon.

gallons to quarts formula

quart = gallon * 4

How to convert quarts to gallons?

1 Quart is equal to 1/4 gallon. to convert quarts to gallons, divide the quart value by 4.

For example, to find out how many gallons there are in 6 quarts, divide 6 by 4, that makes one and a half gallon in 6 quarts.

quarts to gallons formula

gallon = quart * 0.25

gallon = quart / 4

What is a Gallon?

Gallon is an imperial and United States Customary measurement systems volume unit. 1 Gallon = 4 Quarts. The symbol is "gal".

There are three types of gallons, US Customary fluid gallon (3785.411 mL), dry gallon (4404.883 mL) and the Imperial gallon (4546.09 mL). There are three types of quarts, US Customary fluid quart (946.352 mL), dry quart (1101.22 mL) and the Imperial quart (1136.522 mL). So, depending on what types of gallons and quarts are converted, the answer to the question of how many quarts in a gallon is the same. There are 4 quarts in a gallon.

The list of conversion factors from gallons to quarts:

• 1 US fluid gallon = 4 US fluid quarts
• 1 US dry gallon = 4 US dry quarts
• 1 Imperial gallon= 4 Imperial quarts

To find out how many cups in a quart, pint or gallon and print a chart, please visit how many cups in a quart, pint or gallon.

What is a Quart?

Quart is an imperial and United States Customary measurement systems volume unit. 1 Quart = 0.25 Gallon. The symbol is "qt".

To convert from US fluid, dry gallons and UK gallons to UK and US fluid and dry quarts, please visit all volume units conversion.

There are 4 quarts (qt) in 1 gallon (gal). Both quarts and gallons are part of the US customary and imperial systems of measurement. The unit quart gets its name from the Latin quartus, meaning "one-quarter," so the unit is based on being one-quarter of a gallon.

Quarts to gallons conversion

The following converter can be used to convert from quarts to gallons or gallons to quarts. Just enter a value in either quarts or gallons to convert between the two.

Quarts to gallons conversion explained

Converting between quarts and gallons requires us to remember the relationship between a quart and a gallon. Just remember that a quart is a quarter of a gallon, so:

1 quart = gallon

1 gallon = 4 quarts

To convert from quarts to gallons, we divide by 4, and to convert from gallons to quarts, we multiply by 4.

Examples

1. Convert 17 quarts to gallons:

17 qt ÷ 4 = 4.25 gal

2. Convert 12 gallons to quarts:

12 gal × 4 = 48 qt

Note that there are various definitions of a gallon, but in all these definitions, the relationship between a quart and a gallon (4 quarts: 1 gallon) stays the same. Just ensure that you are converting between quarts and gallons in the same system of measurement. If you are converting between US quarts and imperial gallons, then the relationship is not the same. Comparing the units to millilters (mL):

1 US gallon = 3785.411784 mL

1 US quart = 946.352948 mL

1 imperial gallon = 4546.09 mL

1 imperial quart = 1136.5225 mL

If you were converting from quarts to gallons in different systems, you would need to take the above relationships into consideration.

Question: How many quarts in a gallon?

Answer: There are 4 quarts in a gallon.

A quart has 4 cups.

A gallon has 16 cups.

So, 4 × 4 = 16.

In other words, a gallon has 4 quarts.

And just what is a quart?

A quart is actually an abbreviation for “quarter gallon” (and stems from the Latin word “quartus”), which explains the above answer: a quart is a quarter of a gallon, meaning that there are 4 quarts in a gallon.

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Be aware, though, that there are different kinds of quarts: a liquid quart, a dry quart (both of which are used in the United States), and an “imperial quart” (which is used in the United Kingdom).

In terms of its closest metric equivalent the liter, a liquid quart is slightly less than a liter (in fact it’s about 0.95 liters).

A dry quart, on the other hand, is actually slightly larger than a liter: it’s about 1.10 liters. Dry quarts are actually used to measure bushels of dry stuff, for example wheat.

And the UK’s imperial quart is the biggest of the three: it’s equal to about 1.14 liters.

What about gallons?

Believe it or not, the same pattern applies to gallons: a liquid gallon is smaller than a dry gallon, which is smaller than a UK “imperial gallon.”

A US (liquid) gallon is about 3.79 liters, a US dry gallon is 4.4 liters, and an imperial gallon is 4.55 liters.

Thirsty for even more details? Wikipedia has even more facts and (precise) figures about quarts, gallons, bushels, and a whole lot more.

Conclusion: so just how many quarts in a gallon?

Like we said, four. There are four quarts in a gallon.

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