What is 27gi in Imperial Fluid Ounces?

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What is 27 Gills (27gi) in Imperial Fluid Ounces (fl oz)?

What is 27gi in fl oz? Convert 27 Gills (27gi) to Imperial Fluid Ounces (fl oz) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Gills to Imperial Fluid Ounces

Formula
fl oz = gi x 5
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Imperial Fluid Ounces, multiply the number of Gills by 5.0
Gills (gi) in 1 Ounce
There are 0.2 Gills in 1 Ounce
Imperial Fluid Ounces (fl oz) in 1 Gill
There are 5 Imperial Fluid Ounces in 1 Gill

Unit Information

Gill
/dʒɪl/
Symbol: gi
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Gill?

The gill is a unit of volume in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol gi.

It represents 1/4 of a pint - so in this instance, it is 1/4 of an imperial pint - therefore measures exactly 142.0653125 ml. It's also equal to 2 imperial cups and 1/32 of an imperial gallon.

It is pronounced with a "J" sound at the beginning - and it actually part of a humorous in the nursery rhyme 'Jack & Jill'.

In the UK it was used throughout pubs as standard measures; for example spirits were served as 1/6 gill as standard. In Scotland it was 1/5 gill and in Ireland 1/4 gill. It's still used in the Republic of Ireland today.

Ounce
/ˈfluːɪd aʊns/
Symbol: fl oz
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Ounce?

The imperial fluid ounce is a unit of volume from the imperial unit system and uses the symbol fl oz.

1 imperial fluid ounce is equal to 28.41306 ml. It is also equivalent to 0.9607599 US fl oz.

The imperial gallon was defined in Britain by Parliament in 1824 and established as ten pounds of water at a normal temperature. This was split into 4 quarts, each quart into 2 pints, each pint into 4 gills and each gill into 5 ounces.

Therefore; 1 imperial fluid ounce is equal to 1/20 imperial pint, 1/40 imperial quart and 1/160 imperial gallon.


Conversion Tables for Gills (gi) to Imperial Fluid Ounces (fl oz)