What is 31gal in Pecks?

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What is 31 US Liquid Gallons (31gal) in Pecks (pk)?

What is 31gal in pk? Convert 31 US Liquid Gallons (31gal) to Pecks (pk) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

Enter US Liquid Gallons to convert to Pecks


Quick Reference for Converting US Liquid Gallons to Pecks

Formula
pk = gal / 2.33
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Pecks, divide the number of US Liquid Gallons by 2.3
US Liquid Gallons (gal) in 1 Peck
There are 2.33 US Liquid Gallons in 1 Peck
Pecks (pk) in 1 US Liquid Gallon
There are 0.43 Pecks in 1 US Liquid Gallon

Unit Information

US Liquid Gallon
/ˈlɪkwɪdˈɡalən/
Symbol: gal
Unit System: US Customary

What is the US Liquid Gallon?

The liquid gallon is a unit of volume in the US customary unit system and uses the symbol gal.

It is the most common use of the word gallon and is defined as 231 in³. It is made up of 4 quarts where there are 2 pints in a quart and 16 US fluid ounces in a US pint. There are therefore 128 US fluid ounces in a US gallon.

The term gallon is most prevalent when discussing and trading oil and fuel. To ensure consistency, the temperature of the liquid (typically petroleum or alcohol) is understood to be 15.6 °C (60 °F) at the time of measurement.

Peck
/pɛk/
Symbol: pk
Unit System: US Customary

What is the Peck?

The peck is a unit of volume in the US customary unit system. It uses the symbol pk.

1 US peck is equal to 1/4 of a US bushel. This is also equal to 2 US dry gallons, 8 US dry quarts or 16 US dry pints. In SI / metric, this equates to 8.809768 L.

Although the imperial peck is almost obsolete, it survives in some places in the USA - where some products (namely apples) are still sold by the peck.

It appears in the old English nursery rhyme; 'Peter Piper' where he 'picked a peck of pickled peppers'.


Conversion Tables for US Liquid Gallons (gal) to Pecks (pk)