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 879 feet into yards we have to multiply 879 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

879 ft → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 879 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L_(yd) = 293 yd

The final result is:

879 ft → 293 yd

We conclude that 879 feet is equivalent to 293 yards:

879 feet = 293 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.0034129692832765 × 879 feet.

Another way is saying that 879 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0034129692832765 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight hundred seventy-nine feet is approximately two hundred ninety-three yards:

879 ft ≅ 293 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point zero zero three times eight hundred seventy-nine 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