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 72 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 72 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

72 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 72 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.0658368 km

The final result is:

72 yd → 0.0658368 km

We conclude that 72 yards is equivalent to 0.0658368 kilometers:

72 yards = 0.0658368 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 15.189073588024 × 72 yards.

Another way is saying that 72 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 15.189073588024 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

72 yd ≅ 0.066 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately fifteen point one eight nine times seventy-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