Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to pints is 8, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 8 pints:

1 gal = 8 pt

To convert 0.4 gallons into pints we have to multiply 0.4 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to pints. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 8 pt

0.4 gal → V_(pt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in pints:

V_(pt) = 0.4 gal × 8 pt

V_(pt) = 3.2 pt

The final result is:

0.4 gal → 3.2 pt

We conclude that 0.4 gallons is equivalent to 3.2 pints:

0.4 gallons = 3.2 pints

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pint is equal to 0.3125 × 0.4 gallons.

Another way is saying that 0.4 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.3125 pints.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that zero point four gallons is approximately three point two pints:

0.4 gal ≅ 3.2 pt

An alternative is also that one pint is approximately zero point three one three times zero point four gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to pints chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from gallons to pints