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 42.3 pints into gallons we have to multiply 42.3 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

42.3 pt → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 42.3 pt × 0.125 gal

V_(gal) = 5.2875 gal

The final result is:

42.3 pt → 5.2875 gal

We conclude that 42.3 pints is equivalent to 5.2875 gallons:

42.3 pints = 5.2875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.18912529550827 × 42.3 pints.

Another way is saying that 42.3 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 0.18912529550827 gallons.

Approximate result

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

42.3 pt ≅ 5.288 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point one eight nine times forty-two point three 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