Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to kilometers is 0.0009144, which means that 1 yard is equal to 0.0009144 kilometers:

1 yd = 0.0009144 km

To convert 970 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 970 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 0.0009144 km

970 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 970 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.886968 km

The final result is:

970 yd → 0.886968 km

We conclude that 970 yards is equivalent to 0.886968 kilometers:

970 yards = 0.886968 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.1274363900389 × 970 yards.

Another way is saying that 970 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1274363900389 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred seventy yards is approximately zero point eight eight seven kilometers:

970 yd ≅ 0.887 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point one two seven times nine hundred seventy yards.

Conversion table

yards to kilometers chart

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