Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to feet is 3, which means that 1 yard is equal to 3 feet:

1 yd = 3 ft

To convert 4979 yards into feet we have to multiply 4979 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to feet. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 3 ft

4979 yd → L_(ft)

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

L_(ft) = 4979 yd × 3 ft

L_(ft) = 14937 ft

The final result is:

4979 yd → 14937 ft

We conclude that 4979 yards is equivalent to 14937 feet:

4979 yards = 14937 feet

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot is equal to 6.6947847626699E-5 × 4979 yards.

Another way is saying that 4979 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 6.6947847626699E-5 feet.

Approximate result

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

4979 yd ≅ 14937 ft

An alternative is also that one foot is approximately zero times four thousand nine hundred seventy-nine yards.

Conversion table

yards to feet chart

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