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 21 inches into yards we have to multiply 21 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

21 in → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 21 in × 0.027777777777778 yd

L_(yd) = 0.58333333333333 yd

The final result is:

21 in → 0.58333333333333 yd

We conclude that 21 inches is equivalent to 0.58333333333333 yards:

21 inches = 0.58333333333333 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 1.7142857142857 × 21 inches.

Another way is saying that 21 inches is equal to 1 ÷ 1.7142857142857 yards.

Approximate result

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

21 in ≅ 0.583 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately one point seven one four times twenty-one 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