How Many Pints in a Gallon (US Version)?
There are 8 pints (pt) in 1 gallon (gal). This means that 1 pint equals 1/8 gallon.
So if you have a gallon of milk in your fridge, this would be equivalent to 8 pints of milk. Or, say you filled up your car with a half gallon of gas; this would be the same as 4 pints of gasoline (because 4 is half of 8).
Here’s a handy table you can use to quickly convert between pints and gallons:
Gallon (gal) | Pint (pt) |
3 gal | 24 pt |
2 gal | 16 pt |
1 gal | 8 pt |
1/2 gal | 4 pt |
1/4 gal | 2 pt |
1/8 gal | 1 pt |
As you can see, there’s a clear pattern when converting between gallons and pints: all you need to do is multiply the number of gallons you have by 8 to get the equivalent amount in pints.
Let’s look at an example, Say you are trying to figure out how many pints are in 1/4 gallon of water. By multiplying 1/4 by 8, you get 2, which is equal to the number of pints in 1/4 gallon.
If you wanted to do the opposite and convert from pints to gallons, take the number of pints you have and divide it by 8.
For instance, pretend you have 12 1-pint cups filled with lemonade and you want to know whether the liquid in these cups will fit within a 1-gallon container. To calculate how many gallons are in 12 pints, divide 12 by 8; this equals 1.5, or 1 1/2 gallons of lemonade, meaning that you’d need more than just a 1-gallon container for all the lemonade you have.
So to recap: how many pints in a gallon (US version)? 8. Again, this means that 1 pint equals 1/8 gallon. And how many pints in a half gallon? 4.
But what if you need to convert between other US liquid measurements, such as cups and quarts? Read on for an even more detailed conversion chart!