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 18 inches into yards we have to multiply 18 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

18 in → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 18 in × 0.027777777777778 yd

L_(yd) = 0.5 yd

The final result is:

18 in → 0.5 yd

We conclude that 18 inches is equivalent to 0.5 yards:

18 inches = 0.5 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 2 × 18 inches.

Another way is saying that 18 inches is equal to 1 ÷ 2 yards.

Approximate result

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

18 in ≅ 0.5 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately two times eighteen inches.

Conversion table

inches to yards chart

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