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 5500 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 5500 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

5500 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5500 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 5.0292 km

The final result is:

5500 yd → 5.0292 km

We conclude that 5500 yards is equivalent to 5.0292 kilometers:

5500 yards = 5.0292 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.19883878151595 × 5500 yards.

Another way is saying that 5500 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 0.19883878151595 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5500 yd ≅ 5.029 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point one nine nine times five thousand five hundred 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