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 491 yards into meters we have to multiply 491 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

491 yd → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 491 yd × 0.9144 m

L_(m) = 448.9704 m

The final result is:

491 yd → 448.9704 m

We conclude that 491 yards is equivalent to 448.9704 meters:

491 yards = 448.9704 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0022273183265534 × 491 yards.

Another way is saying that 491 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0022273183265534 meters.

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 four hundred forty-eight point nine seven meters:

491 yd ≅ 448.97 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero two times four hundred ninety-one 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