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 40.8 pints into gallons we have to multiply 40.8 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

40.8 pt → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 40.8 pt × 0.125 gal

V_(gal) = 5.1 gal

The final result is:

40.8 pt → 5.1 gal

We conclude that 40.8 pints is equivalent to 5.1 gallons:

40.8 pints = 5.1 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.19607843137255 × 40.8 pints.

Another way is saying that 40.8 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 0.19607843137255 gallons.

Approximate result

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

40.8 pt ≅ 5.1 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point one nine six times forty point 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