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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to yards is 0.33333333333333, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.33333333333333 yards:

1 ft = 0.33333333333333 yd

To convert 12 feet into yards we have to multiply 12 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.33333333333333 yd

12 ft → L(yd)

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

L(yd) = 12 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L(yd) = 4 yd

The final result is:

12 ft → 4 yd

We conclude that 12 feet is equivalent to 4 yards:

12 feet = 4 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.25 × 12 feet.

Another way is saying that 12 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.25 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twelve feet is approximately four yards:

12 ft ≅ 4 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point two five times twelve feet.

Conversion table

feet to yards chart

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

feet (ft) yards (yd)
13 feet 4.333 yards
14 feet 4.667 yards
15 feet 5 yards
16 feet 5.333 yards
17 feet 5.667 yards
18 feet 6 yards
19 feet 6.333 yards
20 feet 6.667 yards
21 feet 7 yards
22 feet 7.333 yards