The US liquid quart equals 946 millilitres โ 2 pints or 1/4 US gallon. The UK imperial quart (1.137 L) is larger, like the other UK liquid units. Quarts are used in US cooking recipes and for motor-oil bottles.
Real-world: A US quart of motor oil is 946 ml. A "quart of milk" in the US โ 1 L. UK "quart" is rare today.
Read full quart reference โThe UK imperial gallon equals 4.54609 litres exactly. Defined in 1824 as the volume of 10 pounds of water at 62 ยฐF. Still used for fuel economy reporting in the UK and some older industrial contexts. The UK imperial gallon is about 20% larger than the US gallon.
Real-world: UK petrol sold by litre since 1995, but economy is quoted in UK mpg: a diesel car at 60 mpg (UK) uses 4.7 L/100 km.
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