How many gallons is 6 lbs?

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How many gallons is 6 lbs?

Answer

6 lbs of water is
0.72 US gallons

The question names no substance, so the answer above is for water — the usual reference, taken at 20 °C (68 °F). Other liquids fill a different number of gallons at the same weight: across the table below 6 lbs runs from 0.7 gallons (milk) to 1.42 gallons (propane).

In imperial (UK) gallons of 4.54609 L instead of 3.785411784 L, 6 lbs of water would be 0.6 UK gallons.

How the volume of 6 lbs of water was worked out

gallons = pounds × 0.45359237 ÷ (density in kg/L × 3.785411784)

A US gallon is exactly 3.785411784 liters and a pound is exactly 0.45359237 kilograms: the weight becomes kilograms, and the density turns kilograms into liters — and the liters become gallons.

6 lb × 0.45359237 ÷ (0.998 kg/L × 3.785411784)

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0.72 US gallons

(zero point seven two gallons)

The density comes from FAO/INFOODS Density Database v2.0: liquid water at 20 °C; rounding to 1.00 kg/L is fine for everyday use.

The other way round: what one US gallon of this weighs

This page starts from a weight and answers in gallons. The opposite question — how much a given number of gallons weighs — is what the gallons to pounds calculator is for, and in metric units the same question is liters to kilograms. All of them read one density table, so their numbers agree.

For water the density is 0.998 kg/L, so 6 lbs is 0.72 gallons — and one US gallon of it weighs 8.33 lbs.

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About "Pounds to Gallons" Calculator

This calculator converts pounds to US gallons through the density of the substance: volume equals weight divided by the weight of one gallon. The lighter the substance, the more gallons the same pounds fill — a pound of propane takes almost twice the room of a pound of water. When no substance is named, the answer is for water, and the table shows every other liquid next to it. For example, it can help you find out how many gallons is 6 lbs? (The answer is: 0.72). The answer is in US liquid gallons; every result page also names the same volume in imperial gallons, which are about a fifth larger.
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How many gallons 6 lbs of each substance takes

SubstanceVolume of 6 lbsOne US gallon weighsDensity, kg/L
Milk0.7 gallons8.6 lbs1.03
Propane1.42 gallons4.24 lbs0.5076
Vegetable oil0.78 gallons7.68 lbs0.92
Water0.72 gallons8.33 lbs0.998

FAQ

How many gallons is 6 lbs?

6 lbs of water is 0.72 US gallons

Why is the answer given for water?

Because the question names no substance, and water is what people mean by default: 6 lbs of water is 0.72 US gallons at 20 °C (68 °F). A pound measures weight, not volume, so every other liquid fills a different number of gallons — the table on this page lists them side by side.

What takes the most and the least room at this weight?

The most compact in the table is milk at 0.7 gallons, the bulkiest is propane at 1.42 gallons. What is heaviest per gallon is the most compact per pound.

How do you convert 6 lbs to gallons for another liquid?

Divide by the weight of one US gallon of that liquid. If you know its density in kilograms per liter, one US gallon weighs about density × 8.3454 lbs, because a US gallon is exactly 3.785411784 liters and a pound is exactly 0.45359237 kilograms.

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