Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to yards is 0.010936132983377, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.010936132983377 yards:

1 cm = 0.010936132983377 yd

To convert 480 centimeters into yards we have to multiply 480 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 0.010936132983377 yd

480 cm → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 480 cm × 0.010936132983377 yd

L_(yd) = 5.249343832021 yd

The final result is:

480 cm → 5.249343832021 yd

We conclude that 480 centimeters is equivalent to 5.249343832021 yards:

480 centimeters = 5.249343832021 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.1905 × 480 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 480 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.1905 yards.

Approximate result

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

480 cm ≅ 5.249 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point one nine one times four hundred eighty centimeters.

Conversion table

centimeters to yards chart

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