Quarts to Gallons Converter

With Omni's quarts to gallons converter, you'll not only quickly calculate between these two customary volume units but also learn how to convert quarts to gallons effortlessly in your brain.

The quarts and gallons are traditional volume units that are in use mostly in the United States and the United Kingdom. The abbreviation for quarts is qt and for gallons gal.

In fact, three kinds of quarts and gallons are in use:

• US liquid quart/gallon;
• US dry quart/gallon; and
• UK (imperial) imperial quart/gallon.

Their exact values differ, but all are approximately one liter.

Our quarts to gallons converter is based on the following equation:

In words, we can express these relationships as follows:

• One quart is a fourth (a quarter, hence the name) of a gallon;
• One gallon is made up of four quarts; and
• One quart contains two pints.

Got interested in the various customary volume units? We've covered a lot of them here in Omni:

• Volume conversion;
• Gallons to pints converter;
• Cubic feet to gallons converter
• Gallons to cups converter;
• Cubic inches to gallons converter;
• Gallons to quarts converter;
• Pints to cups converter;
• Gallons to cubic feet converter;
• Cups to quarts converter; and
• L to gal converter.

2 quarts is half of a gallon. This is because each quart is one-fourth of a gallon, so two quarts is two-fourths, hence a half. To get this result even quicker, remember that to convert qt to gal you need to divide the volume by 4.

To convert a volume in quarts to gallons, follow these steps:

1. Write down the volume in quarts.
2. Divide it by 4.
3. What you've got is your volume expressed in gallons. Congrats!