Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles to yards is 1760, which means that 1 mile is equal to 1760 yards:

1 mi = 1760 yd

To convert 8742 miles into yards we have to multiply 8742 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from miles to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mi → 1760 yd

8742 mi → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 8742 mi × 1760 yd

L_(yd) = 15385920 yd

The final result is:

8742 mi → 15385920 yd

We conclude that 8742 miles is equivalent to 15385920 yards:

8742 miles = 15385920 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 6.4994488467378E-8 × 8742 miles.

Another way is saying that 8742 miles is equal to 1 ÷ 6.4994488467378E-8 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand seven hundred forty-two miles is approximately fifteen million three hundred eighty-five thousand nine hundred twenty yards:

8742 mi ≅ 15385920 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero times eight thousand seven hundred forty-two miles.

Conversion table

miles to yards chart

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