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cant seem to calculate
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:48 am
by Piyush
I have a tank, that I have forgetten how big its volume is. I measured its sides and got 75cm, 55cm, 30 cm. which I calculated to be about 50L. Now when I see pics of peoples tanks that are say50 gallons, they dont seem much bigger than mines!!! did I do calculations wrong??
cheers
Piyush
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:26 am
by janma
Your tank is actually about 123Liters.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:36 am
by Piyush
I knew I was doing something stupid. so, now its 30 US gallon which sounds more realistic. Is the quoted gallons always US gallons, or do people quote UK gallons?
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:46 am
by mickthefish
in UK galls i get your tank to hold just over 18 imperial gallons.
mick
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:57 pm
by Doc
I live in the UK so I always use Imperial Gallons. I never use US gallons when posting.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:04 pm
by brett_fishman
ok, so there are 3 different gallons? US, UK and imperial?!
way to confuse me
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:16 pm
by san-ho-zay
There's no UK gallon as such. Imperial gallons are used in the UK and Commonwealth countries - the old Empire and all that stuff. The official unit of volume measurement in the UK is the litre. Unless it's beer sold in a pub, in which case it's pints. Imperial pints of course. Not US pints. Buy beer in a supermarket though and it's in litres.
Is that clear now?
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:54 pm
by brett_fishman
yes, thank you.. one more question
is a quart equal to a pint? my bucket says they are the same - 1/4 gallon (us)
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:43 pm
by Martin Thoene
A quart in Imperial measure is 2 pints.
Martin.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:45 pm
by Eyrie
A quart is two pints and therefore one quarter of a UK gallon. A UK gallon is 4.546 litres and a US gallon is 3.785 litres, making a US gallon only 5/6 of a UK one.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:51 pm
by brett_fishman
im so confused!!
heres what my bucket says on the
US Gallons side (other side is in liters)
Canadian Measure
English French
2 gal 2 gal
7 qt 7 pt
6 qt 6 pt
5 qt 5 pt
1 gal 1 gal
3 qt 3 pt
2 qt 2 pt
1 qt 1 pt
hmmm
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:54 pm
by Eyrie
Long time since I knew any French, but I'd guess that "1 pt" on the French side doesn't mean 1 pint but the French equivalent of one quarter since it's marking the 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 points for each gallon.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:06 pm
by brett_fishman
ohhhh...interesting.. never though of 'pt' being anything other than pint, but i guess thats a possibility, thanks
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:57 pm
by Diana
US and Imperial gallons are commonly divided into half, quarter (quart) and eighths (pints).
The names are the same, but the volumes are different.
As stated above the US gallon is about 80% of the Imperial gallon.
The tank listed above is pretty close to 123 liters (were your measurements to the outside? The water is on the inside)
This is equal to about 32 American gallons
This is equal to about 25 Imperial gallons.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:50 am
by janma
Look at the picture and repeat:
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You all want to use the metric system, the metric system makes more sense.
You all want to use the metric system, the metric system makes more sense.
If that works then try this:
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