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 971 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 971 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

971 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 971 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.8878824 km

The final result is:

971 yd → 0.8878824 km

We conclude that 971 yards is equivalent to 0.8878824 kilometers:

971 yards = 0.8878824 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.1262752815012 × 971 yards.

Another way is saying that 971 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1262752815012 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

971 yd ≅ 0.888 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point one two six times nine hundred seventy-one 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