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 9742 miles into yards we have to multiply 9742 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

9742 mi → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 9742 mi × 1760 yd

L_(yd) = 17145920 yd

The final result is:

9742 mi → 17145920 yd

We conclude that 9742 miles is equivalent to 17145920 yards:

9742 miles = 17145920 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 5.8322912972882E-8 × 9742 miles.

Another way is saying that 9742 miles is equal to 1 ÷ 5.8322912972882E-8 yards.

Approximate result

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

9742 mi ≅ 17145920 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero times nine thousand seven hundred forty-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