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 42.7 pints into gallons we have to multiply 42.7 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

42.7 pt → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 42.7 pt × 0.125 gal

V_(gal) = 5.3375 gal

The final result is:

42.7 pt → 5.3375 gal

We conclude that 42.7 pints is equivalent to 5.3375 gallons:

42.7 pints = 5.3375 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.18735362997658 × 42.7 pints.

Another way is saying that 42.7 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 0.18735362997658 gallons.

Approximate result

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

42.7 pt ≅ 5.338 gal

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