Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to miles is 0.00056818181818182, which means that 1 yard is equal to 0.00056818181818182 miles:

1 yd = 0.00056818181818182 mi

To convert 850 yards into miles we have to multiply 850 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to miles. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 0.00056818181818182 mi

850 yd → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 850 yd × 0.00056818181818182 mi

L_(mi) = 0.48295454545455 mi

The final result is:

850 yd → 0.48295454545455 mi

We conclude that 850 yards is equivalent to 0.48295454545455 miles:

850 yards = 0.48295454545455 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 2.0705882352941 × 850 yards.

Another way is saying that 850 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0705882352941 miles.

Approximate result

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

850 yd ≅ 0.483 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately two point zero seven one times eight hundred fifty yards.

Conversion table

yards to miles chart

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