40 imperial gallons in US gallons

Conversion

40 imperial gallons is equivalent to 48.0379970201942 US gallons.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 40 imperial gallons to US gallons?

We know (by definition) that: $1 imperialgallon \approx 1.20094992550486 usgallon$

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

\frac{1 imperialgallon}{40 imperialgallon} \approx \frac{1.20094992550486 usgallon}{x usgallon}

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

x usgallon \approx \frac{40 imperialgallon}{1 imperialgallon} * 1.20094992550486 usgallon \to x usgallon \approx 48.037997020194396 usgallon

Conclusion: $40 imperialgallon \approx 48.037997020194396 usgallon$

40 imperial gallons is equivalent to 48.0379970201942 US gallons

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 US gallon is equal to 0.0208168546157247 times 40 imperial gallons.

It can also be expressed as: 40 imperial gallons is equal to $\frac{1}{0.0208168546157247}$ US gallons.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty imperial gallons is about forty-eight point zero three US gallons, or alternatively, a US gallon is about zero point zero two times forty imperial gallons.

Units involved

This is how the units in this conversion are defined:

Imperial Gallons

"The imperial (UK) gallon, now defined as exactly 4.54609 litres (about 277.42 cubic inches), is used in some Commonwealth countries and was originally based on the volume of 10 pounds (approximately 4.54 kg) of water at 62 °F (17 °C). The imperial fluid ounce is defined as 1⁄160 of an imperial gallon; there are four quarts in a gallon, two pints in a quart, and 20 Imperial fluid ounces in an imperial pint."

Wikipedia page of imperial gallons

Us Gallons

"The US gallon is legally defined as 231 cubic inches, which is exactly 3.785411784 liters.[2][3] A US liquid gallon of water weighs about 8.34 pounds or 3.78 kilograms at 62 °F (17 °C), making it about 16.6% lighter than the imperial gallon. There are four quarts in a gallon, two pints in a quart and 16 US fluid ounces in a US pint, which makes the US fluid ounce equal to 1⁄128 of a US gallon."

Wikipedia page of US gallons

Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.

Conversion

Conversion formula How to convert 40 imperial gallons to US gallons?

Conversion in the opposite direction

Approximation

Conversion formula
How to convert 40 imperial gallons to US gallons?