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 1 gallon into pints we have to multiply 1 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

1 gal → V_(pt)

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

V_(pt) = 1 gal × 8 pt

V_(pt) = 8 pt

The final result is:

1 gal → 8 pt

We conclude that 1 gallon is equivalent to 8 pints:

1 gallon = 8 pints

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pint is equal to 0.125 × 1 gallon.

Another way is saying that 1 gallon is equal to 1 ÷ 0.125 pints.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one gallon is approximately eight pints:

1 gal ≅ 8 pt

An alternative is also that one pint is approximately zero point one two five times one gallon.

Conversion table

gallons to pints chart

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