Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles to yards is 1760, which means that 1 mile is equal to 1760 yards:

1 mi = 1760 yd

To convert 972 miles into yards we have to multiply 972 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from miles to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mi → 1760 yd

972 mi → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 972 mi × 1760 yd

L_(yd) = 1710720 yd

The final result is:

972 mi → 1710720 yd

We conclude that 972 miles is equivalent to 1710720 yards:

972 miles = 1710720 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 5.8454919566031E-7 × 972 miles.

Another way is saying that 972 miles is equal to 1 ÷ 5.8454919566031E-7 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred seventy-two miles is approximately one million seven hundred ten thousand seven hundred twenty yards:

972 mi ≅ 1710720 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero times nine hundred seventy-two miles.

Conversion table

miles to yards chart

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