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 28 pints into gallons we have to multiply 28 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

28 pt → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 28 pt × 0.125 gal

V_(gal) = 3.5 gal

The final result is:

28 pt → 3.5 gal

We conclude that 28 pints is equivalent to 3.5 gallons:

28 pints = 3.5 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.28571428571429 × 28 pints.

Another way is saying that 28 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 0.28571428571429 gallons.

Approximate result

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

28 pt ≅ 3.5 gal

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