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 3172 feet into yards we have to multiply 3172 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

3172 ft → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 3172 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L_(yd) = 1057.3333333333 yd

The final result is:

3172 ft → 1057.3333333333 yd

We conclude that 3172 feet is equivalent to 1057.3333333333 yards:

3172 feet = 1057.3333333333 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.00094577553593947 × 3172 feet.

Another way is saying that 3172 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00094577553593947 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand one hundred seventy-two feet is approximately one thousand fifty-seven point three three three yards:

3172 ft ≅ 1057.333 yd

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