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 42.4 yards into meters we have to multiply 42.4 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

42.4 yd → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 42.4 yd × 0.9144 m

L_(m) = 38.77056 m

The final result is:

42.4 yd → 38.77056 m

We conclude that 42.4 yards is equivalent to 38.77056 meters:

42.4 yards = 38.77056 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.025792766470229 × 42.4 yards.

Another way is saying that 42.4 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 0.025792766470229 meters.

Approximate result

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

42.4 yd ≅ 38.771 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero two six times forty-two point four 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