What is 240pt in Bushels?

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What is 240 Pints (US Liquid) (240pt) in Bushels (bsh)?

What is 240pt in bsh? Convert 240 Pints (US Liquid) (240pt) to Bushels (bsh) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Pints (US Liquid) to Bushels

Formula
bsh = pt / 74.47
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Bushels, divide the number of Pints (US Liquid) by 74.5
Pints (US Liquid) (pt) in 1 Bushel
There are 74.47 Pints (US Liquid) in 1 Bushel
Bushels (bsh) in 1 Pint (US Liquid)
There are 0.01 Bushels in 1 Pint (US Liquid)

Unit Information

Pint (US Liquid)
/pʌɪnt/
Symbol: pt
Unit System: US Customary

What is the Pint (US Liquid)?

The US liquid pint is a unit of volume in the US customary system with the symbol pt.

1 US liquid pint is equal to 1/8 US liquid gallon. This is equal to 1/2 US liquid quart, 2 US cups, 4 US gills or 16 US fluid ounces. The SI / metric equivalent is 473.1765 ml.

From the early (1707) adoption of the British wine gallon at 231 in³, the American pint was born. Where all pints are 1/8 of their respective unit system's gallon, that put the US pint at 28.875 in³.

Bushel
/ˈbʊʃ(ə)l/
Symbol: bsh
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Bushel?

The bushel is a unit of volume in the imperial unit system with the symbol bsh.

1 bushel is equal to 8 dry gallons, or 36.36872 litres.

The bushel was introduced in England as a unit to bridge the relatively large gap between a pound and a ton - and was used largely to measure volumes of liquid being imported and exported following the Norman Conquest such as wine and ale.

The name bushel comes from the ancient French 'boissiel' which means 'little box'.


Conversion Tables for Pints (US Liquid) (pt) to Bushels (bsh)