Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to yards is 0.33333333333333, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.33333333333333 yards:

1 ft = 0.33333333333333 yd

To convert 8420 feet into yards we have to multiply 8420 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.33333333333333 yd

8420 ft → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 8420 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L_(yd) = 2806.6666666667 yd

The final result is:

8420 ft → 2806.6666666667 yd

We conclude that 8420 feet is equivalent to 2806.6666666667 yards:

8420 feet = 2806.6666666667 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.0003562945368171 × 8420 feet.

Another way is saying that 8420 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0003562945368171 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand four hundred twenty feet is approximately two thousand eight hundred six point six six seven yards:

8420 ft ≅ 2806.667 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero times eight thousand four hundred twenty feet.

Conversion table

feet to yards chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to yards