Conversion formula

The conversion factor from pints to gallons is 0.125, which means that 1 pint is equal to 0.125 gallons:

1 pt = 0.125 gal

To convert 217 pints into gallons we have to multiply 217 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from pints to gallons. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 pt → 0.125 gal

217 pt → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 217 pt × 0.125 gal

V_(gal) = 27.125 gal

The final result is:

217 pt → 27.125 gal

We conclude that 217 pints is equivalent to 27.125 gallons:

217 pints = 27.125 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.036866359447005 × 217 pints.

Another way is saying that 217 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 0.036866359447005 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred seventeen pints is approximately twenty-seven point one two five gallons:

217 pt ≅ 27.125 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero three seven times two hundred seventeen pints.

Conversion table

pints to gallons chart

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