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 27.9 pints into gallons we have to multiply 27.9 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

27.9 pt → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 27.9 pt × 0.125 gal

V_(gal) = 3.4875 gal

The final result is:

27.9 pt → 3.4875 gal

We conclude that 27.9 pints is equivalent to 3.4875 gallons:

27.9 pints = 3.4875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.28673835125448 × 27.9 pints.

Another way is saying that 27.9 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 0.28673835125448 gallons.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty-seven point nine pints is approximately three point four eight eight gallons:

27.9 pt ≅ 3.488 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point two eight seven times twenty-seven point nine 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