Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to yards is 0.010936132983377, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.010936132983377 yards:

1 cm = 0.010936132983377 yd

To convert 15.5 centimeters into yards we have to multiply 15.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 0.010936132983377 yd

15.5 cm → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 15.5 cm × 0.010936132983377 yd

L_(yd) = 0.16951006124234 yd

The final result is:

15.5 cm → 0.16951006124234 yd

We conclude that 15.5 centimeters is equivalent to 0.16951006124234 yards:

15.5 centimeters = 0.16951006124234 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 5.8993548387097 × 15.5 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 15.5 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 5.8993548387097 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifteen point five centimeters is approximately zero point one seven yards:

15.5 cm ≅ 0.17 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately five point eight nine nine times fifteen point five centimeters.

Conversion table

centimeters to yards chart

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