Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to kilometers is 0.0009144, which means that 1 yard is equal to 0.0009144 kilometers:

1 yd = 0.0009144 km

To convert 42.3 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 42.3 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 0.0009144 km

42.3 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 42.3 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.03867912 km

The final result is:

42.3 yd → 0.03867912 km

We conclude that 42.3 yards is equivalent to 0.03867912 kilometers:

42.3 yards = 0.03867912 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 25.853742277487 × 42.3 yards.

Another way is saying that 42.3 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 25.853742277487 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

42.3 yd ≅ 0.039 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty-five point eight five four times forty-two point three yards.

Conversion table

yards to kilometers chart

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