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Cubic foot

The cubic foot (symbols ft³, cu. ft.) is a nonmetric unit of volume, used in the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with edges one foot in length.

1 cubic foot is equal to:

1,728 cubic inches
0.037037 (1/27) cubic yard
7.48052 gallons
28.3168 litres
0.0283168 cubic metres

See 1 E-2 m³ for a comparison with other volumes, also orders of magnitude (volume).

External link

Conversion Calculator for Units of VOLUME (http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/ccvol.htm)

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