I'm freaking confused. Volume conversion

[EyeMWing]

According to google, 35 gallons is 4.7-ish cubic feet. I know this is wrong, because I can fit more than 5 1x1x1ft objects into a 35 gallon trashcan.

What the hell?

 

[imported_LoKe]

EDIT: Er...

 

[keeleysam]

are you sure you aren't reading 4.7ft^3?

 

[jagec]

See, this would never be a problem if we used the metric system.

Signed,
Your friendly local researcher

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
are you sure you aren't reading 4.7ft^3?

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And ft^3 is the proper unit for what I'm asking. I wish to compare the volumetric capacity of a 35 gallon trashcan to a 6x6x6ft box.

 

[imported_LoKe]

35 US gallons = 4.67881946 cu feet
= 4.7 x 4.7 x 4.7
= 103.823

I don't know. I suck at math.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: jagec
See, this would never be a problem if we used the metric system.

Signed,
Your friendly local researcher

Brilliant idea.
35 gallons in liters is... 132.5 liters.
6ft in meters is 1.8 meters.
So, now I'm comparing the volume of a 132.5 liter trashcan to a 5.832cu m box.... And my answer is still totally illogical fitting with what I know from experience

..... Okay, wtf am I doing wrong? Have I forgotten basic 3-d math, and volume isn't calculated by multiplying x*y*z?

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: LoKe
35 US gallons = 4.67881946 cu feet
= 4.7 x 4.7 x 4.7
= 103.823

I don't know. I suck at math.

why the fvck are you cubing something that's already a cubic measurement? I don't need to know it's quantum string theory volume!

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: LoKe
35 US gallons = 4.67881946 cu feet
= 4.7 x 4.7 x 4.7
= 103.823

I don't know. I suck at math.

why the fvck are you cubing something that's already a cubic measurement? I don't need to know it's quantum string theory volume!

You must have missed the part where I wrote "I suck at math."

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
According to google, 35 gallons is 4.7-ish cubic feet. I know this is wrong, because I can fit more than 5 1x1x1ft objects into a 35 gallon trashcan.

What the hell?

Can you?

Just as a reference, this 32gal trash can:
http://www.hutshop.com/8687615813.html
Is only 29.25" x 16" x 16". Seems too small to fit 5 1'x1'x1' cubes.

Edit: It works out to around 4.3 ft^3. Seems google is right.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jagec
See, this would never be a problem if we used the metric system.

Signed,
Your friendly local researcher

Brilliant idea.
35 gallons in liters is... 132.5 liters.
6ft in meters is 1.8 meters.
So, now I'm comparing the volume of a 132.5 liter trashcan to a 5.832cu m box.... And my answer is still totally illogical fitting with what I know from experience

..... Okay, wtf am I doing wrong? Have I forgotten basic 3-d math, and volume isn't calculated by multiplying x*y*z?

1) gallon = fluid volume

2) pic of said trashcan?

3) think about fish tanks.. a 50 gallon fish tank is maybe 1ft wide, 5ft long, and 1ft tall

all else fails you could test it yourself. make a 1ft by 1ft square, then extend it 4.7 feet and start pouring

 

[TuxDave]

Pics of you putting 5x 1 cu ft objects in trashcan.

 

[Cloud Strife]

1 US gallons = 0.133680556 cubic feet

35 x 0.134 = ~4.69ft^3

I know this is wrong, because I can fit more than 5 1x1x1ft objects into a 35 gallon trashcan.

5ft^3

In theory, you can't. Sorry.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jagec
See, this would never be a problem if we used the metric system.

Signed,
Your friendly local researcher

Brilliant idea.
35 gallons in liters is... 132.5 liters.
6ft in meters is 1.8 meters.
So, now I'm comparing the volume of a 132.5 liter trashcan to a 5.832cu m box.... And my answer is still totally illogical fitting with what I know from experience

..... Okay, wtf am I doing wrong? Have I forgotten basic 3-d math, and volume isn't calculated by multiplying x*y*z?

1) gallon = fluid volume

2) pic of said trashcan?

3) think about fish tanks.. a 50 gallon fish tank is maybe 1ft wide, 5ft long, and 1ft tall

all else fails you could test it yourself. make a 1ft by 1ft square, then extend it 4.7 feet and start pouring

okay. i'm slightly intoxicated, and it appears that i've somehow mentally doubled/tripled all the dimensions on my reference items and on the damned box. it's a 3x3x3ft box, and the reference ****** that I throw in the trash can is roughly 6x6x6. Now the numbers work out much more like they should.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jagec
See, this would never be a problem if we used the metric system.

Signed,
Your friendly local researcher

Brilliant idea.
35 gallons in liters is... 132.5 liters.
6ft in meters is 1.8 meters.
So, now I'm comparing the volume of a 132.5 liter trashcan to a 5.832cu m box.... And my answer is still totally illogical fitting with what I know from experience

..... Okay, wtf am I doing wrong? Have I forgotten basic 3-d math, and volume isn't calculated by multiplying x*y*z?

No, because trash cans wouldn't come in standard 132.5L sizes.

Still, 123.5L = .1235 m^3 = 4.36 ft^3, sounds like either your 35 gallon trash cans are bigger than advertised, or your intuitive idea of a cubic foot is smaller than the actual, which seems likely based on my own experience with estimating volume, and then doing the actual measurement to compare.

/edit: Bah, I typed 123.5 instead of 132.5. I'm not fixing it. Still, you get the general idea.

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

okay. i'm slightly intoxicated, and it appears that i've somehow mentally doubled/tripled all the dimensions on my reference items and on the damned box. it's a 3x3x3ft box, and the reference ****** that I throw in the trash can is roughly 6x6x6. Now the numbers work out much more like they should.

That was the only part I understood.

 

[Cristatus]

If I'm not mistaken, you guys have different kinds of gallons. Liquid, dry, British, and US.

Check out http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter .

That's what I use when I convert most of the times. You want the volumes section.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: LoKe
35 US gallons = 4.67881946 cu feet
= 4.7 x 4.7 x 4.7
= 103.823

I don't know. I suck at math.

why the fvck are you cubing something that's already a cubic measurement? I don't need to know it's quantum string theory volume!

You must have missed the part where I wrote "I suck at math."

Hey, at least you tried.

 

[Scatterplot]

http://onlineconversion.com/

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
According to google, 35 gallons is 4.7-ish cubic feet. I know this is wrong, because I can fit more than 5 1x1x1ft objects into a 35 gallon trashcan.

What the hell?

I don't think you can, unless you have some of the stuff jutting out.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: TuxDave
Pics of you putting 5x 1 cu ft objects in trashcan.

Haha, seriously. I don't think he realizes how big a 1ft cube is.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: TuxDave
Pics of you putting 5x 1 cu ft objects in trashcan.

Haha, seriously. I don't think he realizes how big a 1ft cube is.

read the thread. im a bit buzzed and confused a 6x6x6 inch object for a 1x1x1ft object, and i went ahead and tripled the dimensions of the box (increasing the volume by a factor of.... like 12. or 9. or something. i'd better not find this thread in the morning, or i might have to harm myself)

 

[xtknight]

Does your trash can have a fourth dimension in it? Just ruling out all the possibilities.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: xtknight
Does your trash can have a fourth dimension in it? Just ruling out all the possibilities.

it exists in time, if that's what you're asking.

 

[Mrvile]

Wow you're pretty good at math for being slightly intoxicated.

I might try this tomorrow.