Conversion formula

The conversion factor from fluid ounces to pints is 0.0625, which means that 1 fluid ounce is equal to 0.0625 pints:

1 fl oz = 0.0625 pt

To convert 279.5 fluid ounces into pints we have to multiply 279.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from fluid ounces to pints. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 fl oz → 0.0625 pt

279.5 fl oz → V_(pt)

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

V_(pt) = 279.5 fl oz × 0.0625 pt

V_(pt) = 17.46875 pt

The final result is:

279.5 fl oz → 17.46875 pt

We conclude that 279.5 fluid ounces is equivalent to 17.46875 pints:

279.5 fluid ounces = 17.46875 pints

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pint is equal to 0.057245080500894 × 279.5 fluid ounces.

Another way is saying that 279.5 fluid ounces is equal to 1 ÷ 0.057245080500894 pints.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred seventy-nine point five fluid ounces is approximately seventeen point four six nine pints:

279.5 fl oz ≅ 17.469 pt

An alternative is also that one pint is approximately zero point zero five seven times two hundred seventy-nine point five fluid ounces.

Conversion table

fluid ounces to pints chart

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