Conversion formula

The conversion factor from inches to yards is 0.027777777777778, which means that 1 inch is equal to 0.027777777777778 yards:

1 in = 0.027777777777778 yd

To convert 1 inch into yards we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from inches to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 in → 0.027777777777778 yd

1 in → L_(yd)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in yards:

L_(yd) = 1 in × 0.027777777777778 yd

L_(yd) = 0.027777777777778 yd

The final result is:

1 in → 0.027777777777778 yd

We conclude that 1 inch is equivalent to 0.027777777777778 yards:

1 inch = 0.027777777777778 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 36 × 1 inch.

Another way is saying that 1 inch is equal to 1 ÷ 36 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one inch is approximately zero point zero two eight yards:

1 in ≅ 0.028 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately thirty-six times one inch.

Conversion table

inches to yards chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from inches to yards