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 78.9 pints into gallons we have to multiply 78.9 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

78.9 pt → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 78.9 pt × 0.125 gal

V_(gal) = 9.8625 gal

The final result is:

78.9 pt → 9.8625 gal

We conclude that 78.9 pints is equivalent to 9.8625 gallons:

78.9 pints = 9.8625 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.10139416983523 × 78.9 pints.

Another way is saying that 78.9 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 0.10139416983523 gallons.

Approximate result

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

78.9 pt ≅ 9.863 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point one zero one times seventy-eight point nine 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