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 2979 feet into yards we have to multiply 2979 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

2979 ft → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 2979 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L_(yd) = 993 yd

The final result is:

2979 ft → 993 yd

We conclude that 2979 feet is equivalent to 993 yards:

2979 feet = 993 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.0010070493454179 × 2979 feet.

Another way is saying that 2979 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0010070493454179 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 seventy-nine feet is approximately nine hundred ninety-three yards:

2979 ft ≅ 993 yd

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