What is 8500pk in Gills?

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What is 8500 Pecks (8500pk) in Gills (gi)?

What is 8500pk in gi? Convert 8500 Pecks (8500pk) to Gills (gi) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Pecks to Gills

Formula
gi = pk x 62.01
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Gills, multiply the number of Pecks by 62.0
Pecks (pk) in 1 Gill
There are 0.02 Pecks in 1 Gill
Gills (gi) in 1 Peck
There are 62.01 Gills in 1 Peck

Unit Information

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'.

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.


Conversion Tables for Pecks (pk) to Gills (gi)