Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to miles is 0.00056818181818182, which means that 1 yard is equal to 0.00056818181818182 miles:

1 yd = 0.00056818181818182 mi

To convert 40 yards into miles we have to multiply 40 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to miles. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 0.00056818181818182 mi

40 yd → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 40 yd × 0.00056818181818182 mi

L_(mi) = 0.022727272727273 mi

The final result is:

40 yd → 0.022727272727273 mi

We conclude that 40 yards is equivalent to 0.022727272727273 miles:

40 yards = 0.022727272727273 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 44 × 40 yards.

Another way is saying that 40 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 44 miles.

Approximate result

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

40 yd ≅ 0.023 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately forty-four times forty yards.

Conversion table

yards to miles chart

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