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 8971 feet into yards we have to multiply 8971 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

8971 ft → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 8971 ft × 0.33333333333333 yd

L_(yd) = 2990.3333333333 yd

The final result is:

8971 ft → 2990.3333333333 yd

We conclude that 8971 feet is equivalent to 2990.3333333333 yards:

8971 feet = 2990.3333333333 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.00033441087950061 × 8971 feet.

Another way is saying that 8971 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033441087950061 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-one feet is approximately two thousand nine hundred ninety point three three three yards:

8971 ft ≅ 2990.333 yd

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