Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to yards is 1.0936132983377, which means that 1 meter is equal to 1.0936132983377 yards:

1 m = 1.0936132983377 yd

To convert 980 meters into yards we have to multiply 980 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from meters to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 m → 1.0936132983377 yd

980 m → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 980 m × 1.0936132983377 yd

L_(yd) = 1071.741032371 yd

The final result is:

980 m → 1071.741032371 yd

We conclude that 980 meters is equivalent to 1071.741032371 yards:

980 meters = 1071.741032371 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.0009330612244898 × 980 meters.

Another way is saying that 980 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0009330612244898 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred eighty meters is approximately one thousand seventy-one point seven four one yards:

980 m ≅ 1071.741 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point zero zero one times nine hundred eighty meters.

Conversion table

meters to yards chart

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