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 4242 feet into yards we have to multiply 4242 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

4242 ft → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 4242 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L_(yd) = 1414 yd

The final result is:

4242 ft → 1414 yd

We conclude that 4242 feet is equivalent to 1414 yards:

4242 feet = 1414 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.00070721357850071 × 4242 feet.

Another way is saying that 4242 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00070721357850071 yards.

Approximate result

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

4242 ft ≅ 1414 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point zero zero one times four thousand two hundred forty-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