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 550 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 550 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

550 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 550 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.50292 km

The final result is:

550 yd → 0.50292 km

We conclude that 550 yards is equivalent to 0.50292 kilometers:

550 yards = 0.50292 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.9883878151595 × 550 yards.

Another way is saying that 550 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 1.9883878151595 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

550 yd ≅ 0.503 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point nine eight eight times five hundred fifty 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