How many quarts equals five gallons, and how many liters equals five gallons?

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Zoe Adams · Accepted Answer

#" 5 US gallons"~~18.925 " litres"#
#" 5 US gallons = 20 quarts"# The name 'quart' sounds like quarter #->1/4# From this you can see the link between 4 quarts = 1 gallon '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #color(blue)("Solving for quarts in 5 gallons")# #color(brown)("showing every step")# Using ratios #("quarts")/("gallons") -> ("4 quarts")/("1 gallon")# But we need 5 gallons. Then #4/1=("quarts count")/5# Multiply both sides by 5 #4/1xx5=("quarts count")/5xx5# Write as #4xx5="quarts count" xx5/5# But #5/5 = 1# #4xx5="quarts count" xx1# #20="quarts count"# #color(blue)("So 20 quarts make 5 gallons.")# '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #color(blue)("Solving for litres in 5 US Gallons")# #color(brown)("Not showing every step")# Understood that 3.785411784 litres = 1 US Gallon Use litre conversion as 3.785 As a ratio #(3.785" litres")/(1" US gallon") = ("litres count")/5# #color(blue)("litres count"~~5(3.785)~~18.925 " litres ~~ 5 US gallons")#

Levi Adams · Answer

undefined There are 20 quarts in 5 gallons.

There are approximately 18.93 liters in 5 gallons.