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 491 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 491 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

491 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 491 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.4489704 km

The final result is:

491 yd → 0.4489704 km

We conclude that 491 yards is equivalent to 0.4489704 kilometers:

491 yards = 0.4489704 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.2273183265534 × 491 yards.

Another way is saying that 491 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 2.2273183265534 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred ninety-one yards is approximately zero point four four nine kilometers:

491 yd ≅ 0.449 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point two two seven times four hundred ninety-one 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