What is 56gi in Pints (US Liquid)?

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What is 56 Gills (56gi) in Pints (US Liquid) (pt)?

What is 56gi in pt? Convert 56 Gills (56gi) to Pints (US Liquid) (pt) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Gills to Pints (US Liquid)

Formula
pt = gi / 3.33
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Pints (US Liquid), divide the number of Gills by 3.3
Gills (gi) in 1 Pint (US Liquid)
There are 3.33 Gills in 1 Pint (US Liquid)
Pints (US Liquid) (pt) in 1 Gill
There are 0.3 Pints (US Liquid) in 1 Gill

Unit Information

Gill
/dʒɪl/
Symbol: gi
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Gill?

The gill is a unit of volume in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol gi.

It represents 1/4 of a pint - so in this instance, it is 1/4 of an imperial pint - therefore measures exactly 142.0653125 ml. It's also equal to 2 imperial cups and 1/32 of an imperial gallon.

It is pronounced with a "J" sound at the beginning - and it actually part of a humorous in the nursery rhyme 'Jack & Jill'.

In the UK it was used throughout pubs as standard measures; for example spirits were served as 1/6 gill as standard. In Scotland it was 1/5 gill and in Ireland 1/4 gill. It's still used in the Republic of Ireland today.

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.


Conversion Tables for Gills (gi) to Pints (US Liquid) (pt)