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 542 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 542 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

542 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 542 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.4956048 km

The final result is:

542 yd → 0.4956048 km

We conclude that 542 yards is equivalent to 0.4956048 kilometers:

542 yards = 0.4956048 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.0177367128002 × 542 yards.

Another way is saying that 542 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0177367128002 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

542 yd ≅ 0.496 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point zero one eight times five hundred forty-two 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