I need to find a formula to calculate the amount of liquid would hold. maybe the volume or something. its a square box used to hold liquid on a farm . we want to measure how much liquid it can hold.

please help.
Catherine

Hi Catherine

You haven't sent any dimensions so I am going to assume that you can measure the box in inches and you want the volume in US gallons. Let us know if you are using other dimensions.

Measure the length, width and depth of the box in inches and then the volume in cubic inches is

volume(cubic inches)= length width depth

One US gallon is 231 cubic inches so to find the volume in gallons divide the result above by 231, that is

volume(gallons) = ^{volume(cubic inches)}/₂₃₁

Penny

Catherine replied:

hi
i need to measure the volume of the box in litres so can you help

Catherine

Oops! it seems I made a false assumption. If you want the volume in liters then I am going to assume this time that you will measure the box in centimeters.

Measure the length, width and depth of the box in centimeters and then the volume in cubic centimeters is

volume(cubic centimeters)= length width depth

There are 1,000 cubic centimeters in a liter so

volume(liters) = ^{volume(cubic centimeters)}/_1,000

Penny

Go to Math Central