Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to kilometers is 0.0009144, which means that 1 yard is equal to 0.0009144 kilometers:

1 yd = 0.0009144 km

To convert 197 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 197 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 0.0009144 km

197 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 197 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.1801368 km

The final result is:

197 yd → 0.1801368 km

We conclude that 197 yards is equivalent to 0.1801368 kilometers:

197 yards = 0.1801368 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 5.5513365397853 × 197 yards.

Another way is saying that 197 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 5.5513365397853 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred ninety-seven yards is approximately zero point one eight kilometers:

197 yd ≅ 0.18 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately five point five five one times one hundred ninety-seven yards.

Conversion table

yards to kilometers chart

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