Can you tell me how to figure how much liquid fits in a square foot?

Question

We are trying have a tank that we are trying to figure how much liquid will fit in it.

Answer 1

You must calculate the volume, not the surface.

Answer 2

Do you mean a cubed foot? You need the volume of the box you are trying to fit the liquid in. If it is 1 foot x 1 ft x 1 ft, then you can fit 929 cm^3 or 929 mL or in gallons that would be 7.479.

Answer 3

First, a square foot is an area. It could be area of the base of the tank. But how tall is the tank? The length by the breadth by the height gives you the volume.

It's easier to do capacity measurements in metres rather than feet. A foot is 0.3m.

To convert cubic metres into litres, multiply by 1,000.

To convert a litre to gallons divide by 3.8 (US Gallons) or 4.54 (English gallons).

To convert a litre of water to weight, 1 litre = 1 kilogram.

Answer 4

The number of gallons per cubic foot = 7.479

Measure the length, width and height of the tank in feet.
Multiply these 3 numbers together and multiply by 7.48.

Thats the capacity in gallons.

Answer 5

You need the liquid's density.

D = m/V

You know the volume, it's a square foot. So, the mass is that times the density.

OR, you want to convert from square feet to gallons or something like that.

Answer 6

Square footage is not enough. You need VOLUME. A square foot is just the base of the tank. How about how high it is?

Answer 7

square foor is a mesure of surface and you are asking for a volume which can be mesured in cubic feet.It´s nonsense

Answer 8

7.48 gallons for one cubic foot volume
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_foot

Answer 9

7.48 gallons regardless of density