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 8520 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 8520 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

8520 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8520 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 7.790688 km

The final result is:

8520 yd → 7.790688 km

We conclude that 8520 yards is equivalent to 7.790688 kilometers:

8520 yards = 7.790688 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.1283583683495 × 8520 yards.

Another way is saying that 8520 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 0.1283583683495 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8520 yd ≅ 7.791 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point one two eight times eight thousand five hundred twenty 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