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 297 feet into yards we have to multiply 297 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

297 ft → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 297 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L_(yd) = 99 yd

The final result is:

297 ft → 99 yd

We conclude that 297 feet is equivalent to 99 yards:

297 feet = 99 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.01010101010101 × 297 feet.

Another way is saying that 297 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.01010101010101 yards.

Approximate result

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

297 ft ≅ 99 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point zero one times two hundred ninety-seven 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