In article o.uk>,
"Dave Liquorice" > wrote:

> On Sun, 16 May 2010 11:48:40 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>
> > An Imperial gallon has more than 4 quarts.
>
> Define which quart. A gallon has 4 quarts from the same system but:
>
> An imperial gallon is 4.8 US liquid quarts.
> A US liquid gallon is 3.33 imperial quarts.
>
> > It is 4 liters.
>
> An Imperial Gallon is 4.54 litres.
>
> > One liter is slightly more than 1 quart.
>
> 1.056 US Liquid Quarts.
> 0.88 Imperial Quarts.
>
> > 1 Imperial gallon has approximately 4 and 1/2 quarts.
>
> You need to define your quarts...
>
> > It's why we use 4 liter glass bottles instead of gallons when we
> > purchase water from the local grocery store filtered water dispenser.
>
> 4 litres are the same as 4.22 US liquid quarts.

The math still works in that one Imperial Gallon is worth more than 4
American quarts. ;-)

Wal-mart charges by the American Gallon for purified water from the
dispensers and does not change the price for using bottles that hold one
Imperial Gallon... so we get more for our money even after informing the
cashier of such.
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