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 7.8 pints into gallons we have to multiply 7.8 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

7.8 pt → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 7.8 pt × 0.125 gal

V_(gal) = 0.975 gal

The final result is:

7.8 pt → 0.975 gal

We conclude that 7.8 pints is equivalent to 0.975 gallons:

7.8 pints = 0.975 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 1.025641025641 × 7.8 pints.

Another way is saying that 7.8 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 1.025641025641 gallons.

Approximate result

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

7.8 pt ≅ 0.975 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately one point zero two six times seven 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