42 dry gallons in US dry barrels

Conversion formula
How to convert 42 dry gallons to US dry barrels?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{drygallon}\approx 0.0380955924036281\mathrm{drybarrel}$

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of US dry barrels.

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown $x$:

Conclusion: 42 ⁢ drygallon ≈ 1.6000148809523802 ⁢ drybarrel

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 US dry barrel is equal to 0.624994187182039 times 42 dry gallons.

It can also be expressed as: 42 dry gallons is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.624994187182039}}$ US dry barrels.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-two dry gallons is about one point six zero US dry barrels, or alternatively, a US dry barrel is about zero point six two times forty-two dry gallons.