Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to yards is 1.0936132983377, which means that 1 meter is equal to 1.0936132983377 yards:

1 m = 1.0936132983377 yd

To convert 897 meters into yards we have to multiply 897 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from meters to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 m → 1.0936132983377 yd

897 m → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 897 m × 1.0936132983377 yd

L_(yd) = 980.97112860892 yd

The final result is:

897 m → 980.97112860892 yd

We conclude that 897 meters is equivalent to 980.97112860892 yards:

897 meters = 980.97112860892 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.001019397993311 × 897 meters.

Another way is saying that 897 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.001019397993311 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight hundred ninety-seven meters is approximately nine hundred eighty point nine seven one yards:

897 m ≅ 980.971 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point zero zero one times eight hundred ninety-seven meters.

Conversion table

meters to yards chart

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