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 87 pints into gallons we have to multiply 87 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

87 pt → V_(gal)

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

V_(gal) = 87 pt × 0.125 gal

V_(gal) = 10.875 gal

The final result is:

87 pt → 10.875 gal

We conclude that 87 pints is equivalent to 10.875 gallons:

87 pints = 10.875 gallons

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 gallon is equal to 0.091954022988506 × 87 pints.

Another way is saying that 87 pints is equal to 1 ÷ 0.091954022988506 gallons.

Approximate result

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

87 pt ≅ 10.875 gal

An alternative is also that one gallon is approximately zero point zero nine two times eighty-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