Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to meters is 0.9144, which means that 1 yard is equal to 0.9144 meters:

1 yd = 0.9144 m

To convert 3 yards into meters we have to multiply 3 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 0.9144 m

3 yd → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 3 yd × 0.9144 m

L_(m) = 2.7432 m

The final result is:

3 yd → 2.7432 m

We conclude that 3 yards is equivalent to 2.7432 meters:

3 yards = 2.7432 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.36453776611257 × 3 yards.

Another way is saying that 3 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 0.36453776611257 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three yards is approximately two point seven four three meters:

3 yd ≅ 2.743 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point three six five times three yards.

Conversion table

yards to meters chart

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