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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 16.5 feet into yards we have to multiply 16.5 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

16.5 ft → L(yd)

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

L(yd) = 16.5 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L(yd) = 5.5 yd

The final result is:

16.5 ft → 5.5 yd

We conclude that 16.5 feet is equivalent to 5.5 yards:

16.5 feet = 5.5 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.18181818181818 × 16.5 feet.

Another way is saying that 16.5 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.18181818181818 yards.

Approximate result

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

16.5 ft ≅ 5.5 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point one eight two times sixteen point five 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)
17.5 feet 5.833 yards
18.5 feet 6.167 yards
19.5 feet 6.5 yards
20.5 feet 6.833 yards
21.5 feet 7.167 yards
22.5 feet 7.5 yards
23.5 feet 7.833 yards
24.5 feet 8.167 yards
25.5 feet 8.5 yards
26.5 feet 8.833 yards