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 3217 feet into yards we have to multiply 3217 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

3217 ft → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 3217 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L_(yd) = 1072.3333333333 yd

The final result is:

3217 ft → 1072.3333333333 yd

We conclude that 3217 feet is equivalent to 1072.3333333333 yards:

3217 feet = 1072.3333333333 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.00093254585017097 × 3217 feet.

Another way is saying that 3217 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00093254585017097 yards.

Approximate result

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

3217 ft ≅ 1072.333 yd

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