3 US gallons in imperial gallons

Conversion

3 US gallons is equivalent to 2.49802255388697 imperial gallons.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 3 US gallons to imperial gallons?

We know (by definition) that: $1 usgallon \approx 0.832674184628989 imperialgallon$

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

\frac{1 usgallon}{3 usgallon} \approx \frac{0.832674184628989 imperialgallon}{x imperialgallon}

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

x imperialgallon \approx \frac{3 usgallon}{1 usgallon} * 0.832674184628989 imperialgallon \to x imperialgallon \approx 2.498022553886967 imperialgallon

Conclusion: $3 usgallon \approx 2.498022553886967 imperialgallon$

3 US gallons is equivalent to 2.49802255388697 imperial gallons

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 imperial gallon is equal to 0.400316641834952 times 3 US gallons.

It can also be expressed as: 3 US gallons is equal to $\frac{1}{0.400316641834952}$ imperial gallons.

Approximation

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

Units involved

This is how the units in this conversion are defined:

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

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

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 3 US gallons to imperial gallons?

Conversion in the opposite direction

Approximation

Conversion formula
How to convert 3 US gallons to imperial gallons?