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 1997 gallons into pints we have to multiply 1997 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

1997 gal → V_(pt)

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

V_(pt) = 1997 gal × 8 pt

V_(pt) = 15976 pt

The final result is:

1997 gal → 15976 pt

We conclude that 1997 gallons is equivalent to 15976 pints:

1997 gallons = 15976 pints

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pint is equal to 6.2593890836254E-5 × 1997 gallons.

Another way is saying that 1997 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 6.2593890836254E-5 pints.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven gallons is approximately fifteen thousand nine hundred seventy-six pints:

1997 gal ≅ 15976 pt

An alternative is also that one pint is approximately zero times one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven 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