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 5 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 5 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

5 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.004572 km

The final result is:

5 yd → 0.004572 km

We conclude that 5 yards is equivalent to 0.004572 kilometers:

5 yards = 0.004572 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 218.72265966754 × 5 yards.

Another way is saying that 5 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 218.72265966754 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five yards is approximately zero point zero zero five kilometers:

5 yd ≅ 0.005 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two hundred eighteen point seven two three times five 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