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 2940 feet into yards we have to multiply 2940 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

2940 ft → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 2940 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L_(yd) = 980 yd

The final result is:

2940 ft → 980 yd

We conclude that 2940 feet is equivalent to 980 yards:

2940 feet = 980 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.0010204081632653 × 2940 feet.

Another way is saying that 2940 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0010204081632653 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two thousand nine hundred forty feet is approximately nine hundred eighty yards:

2940 ft ≅ 980 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point zero zero one times two thousand nine hundred forty 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