Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to pints is 8, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 8 pints:

1 gal = 8 pt

To convert 40 gallons into pints we have to multiply 40 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to pints. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 8 pt

40 gal → V_(pt)

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

V_(pt) = 40 gal × 8 pt

V_(pt) = 320 pt

The final result is:

40 gal → 320 pt

We conclude that 40 gallons is equivalent to 320 pints:

40 gallons = 320 pints

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 pint is equal to 0.003125 × 40 gallons.

Another way is saying that 40 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 0.003125 pints.

Approximate result

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

40 gal ≅ 320 pt

An alternative is also that one pint is approximately zero point zero zero three times forty gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to pints chart

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