Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to yards is 0.33333333333333, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.33333333333333 yards:

1 ft = 0.33333333333333 yd

To convert 50.8 feet into yards we have to multiply 50.8 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.33333333333333 yd

50.8 ft → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 50.8 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L_(yd) = 16.933333333333 yd

The final result is:

50.8 ft → 16.933333333333 yd

We conclude that 50.8 feet is equivalent to 16.933333333333 yards:

50.8 feet = 16.933333333333 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.059055118110236 × 50.8 feet.

Another way is saying that 50.8 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.059055118110236 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifty point eight feet is approximately sixteen point nine three three yards:

50.8 ft ≅ 16.933 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point zero five nine times fifty point eight feet.

Conversion table

feet to yards chart

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