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How much does a gallon of water weigh?

How much does a gallon of water weigh?

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Asked by Halbert, Last updated: Dec 18, 2024

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Barry Mclean

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Answered Aug 27, 2019

All the states of matter, which are the solid, liquid, and gas have their ways in which they can be measured. Just like gas and solid, the liquid can also be measured with the use of gallon unit. Gallon can be used in liquid measurements in both the US customary system unit of measurement and the British imperial system unit of measure. There are several sizes of gallon in use today, which include the imperial gallon used majorly in the United Kingdom, and some Caribbean countries, including Canada.

Other sizes of gallon in use majorly in the United States are the main US gallon used in the country, some American Latin countries, and also the US dry gallon which is not really in use like others. At the highest dense level, a UK imperial gallon of water weighs 10.02 pounds, while the US dry gallon weighs 9.71 pounds. But typically, a gallon of water weighs 8.3 pounds.

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Mia Thomson

Mia Thomson

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Answered Oct 31, 2017

A gallon of water weighs around 8.3453 pounds. To arrive at this answer, we can use the following information: One liter is equivalent to approximately 0.2642 gallons, 1 kilograms is around 2.2046 pounds. Water’s density is approximately 1 kilogram per liter and one gallon is equivalent to around 3.7854 liters.

Using all the given information, we could verify our answer using the following equation: 1 gallon is equal to 0.2642 times 3.7854 and then we can cross check it to get 8.3453 pounds. To get this answer, we can use the given equation: 3.7854 liters times 2.2046 pounds is equal to 8.3453 pounds. This formula is meant to give you a sample computation, but you are still free to use any equations that you learned from school.

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