Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to yards is 1.0936132983377, which means that 1 meter is equal to 1.0936132983377 yards:

1 m = 1.0936132983377 yd

To convert 4742 meters into yards we have to multiply 4742 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from meters to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 m → 1.0936132983377 yd

4742 m → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 4742 m × 1.0936132983377 yd

L_(yd) = 5185.9142607174 yd

The final result is:

4742 m → 5185.9142607174 yd

We conclude that 4742 meters is equivalent to 5185.9142607174 yards:

4742 meters = 5185.9142607174 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.00019283002952341 × 4742 meters.

Another way is saying that 4742 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019283002952341 yards.

Approximate result

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

4742 m ≅ 5185.914 yd

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

Conversion table

meters to yards chart

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