Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to meters is 0.9144, which means that 1 yard is equal to 0.9144 meters:

1 yd = 0.9144 m

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

1 yd → 0.9144 m

8742 yd → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 8742 yd × 0.9144 m

L_(m) = 7993.6848 m

The final result is:

8742 yd → 7993.6848 m

We conclude that 8742 yards is equivalent to 7993.6848 meters:

8742 yards = 7993.6848 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.00012509875295558 × 8742 yards.

Another way is saying that 8742 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012509875295558 meters.

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 yards is approximately seven thousand nine hundred ninety-three point six eight five meters:

8742 yd ≅ 7993.685 m

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

Conversion table

yards to meters chart

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