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 8970 feet into yards we have to multiply 8970 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

8970 ft → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 8970 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L_(yd) = 2990 yd

The final result is:

8970 ft → 2990 yd

We conclude that 8970 feet is equivalent to 2990 yards:

8970 feet = 2990 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.00033444816053512 × 8970 feet.

Another way is saying that 8970 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033444816053512 yards.

Approximate result

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

8970 ft ≅ 2990 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero times eight thousand nine hundred seventy 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