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 279.9 pints into gallons we have to multiply 279.9 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

279.9 pt → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 279.9 pt × 0.125 gal

V_(gal) = 34.9875 gal

The final result is:

279.9 pt → 34.9875 gal

We conclude that 279.9 pints is equivalent to 34.9875 gallons:

279.9 pints = 34.9875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.028581636298678 × 279.9 pints.

Another way is saying that 279.9 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 0.028581636298678 gallons.

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 nine pints is approximately thirty-four point nine eight eight gallons:

279.9 pt ≅ 34.988 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero two nine times two hundred seventy-nine 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