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 796 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 796 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

796 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 796 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.7278624 km

The final result is:

796 yd → 0.7278624 km

We conclude that 796 yards is equivalent to 0.7278624 kilometers:

796 yards = 0.7278624 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.3738860531881 × 796 yards.

Another way is saying that 796 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 1.3738860531881 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

796 yd ≅ 0.728 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point three seven four times seven hundred ninety-six 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