Conversion formula

The conversion factor from pints to quarts is 0.5, which means that 1 pint is equal to 0.5 quarts:

1 pt = 0.5 qt

To convert 480 pints into quarts we have to multiply 480 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from pints to quarts. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 pt → 0.5 qt

480 pt → V_(qt)

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

V_(qt) = 480 pt × 0.5 qt

V_(qt) = 240 qt

The final result is:

480 pt → 240 qt

We conclude that 480 pints is equivalent to 240 quarts:

480 pints = 240 quarts

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 quart is equal to 0.0041666666666667 × 480 pints.

Another way is saying that 480 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0041666666666667 quarts.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred eighty pints is approximately two hundred forty quarts:

480 pt ≅ 240 qt

An alternative is also that one quart is approximately zero point zero zero four times four hundred eighty pints.

Conversion table

pints to quarts chart

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