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 256 gallons into pints we have to multiply 256 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

256 gal → V_(pt)

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

V_(pt) = 256 gal × 8 pt

V_(pt) = 2048 pt

The final result is:

256 gal → 2048 pt

We conclude that 256 gallons is equivalent to 2048 pints:

256 gallons = 2048 pints

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pint is equal to 0.00048828125 × 256 gallons.

Another way is saying that 256 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00048828125 pints.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred fifty-six gallons is approximately two thousand forty-eight pints:

256 gal ≅ 2048 pt

An alternative is also that one pint is approximately zero times two hundred fifty-six 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