Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to feet is 3, which means that 1 yard is equal to 3 feet:

1 yd = 3 ft

To convert 990 yards into feet we have to multiply 990 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to feet. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 3 ft

990 yd → L_(ft)

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

L_(ft) = 990 yd × 3 ft

L_(ft) = 2970 ft

The final result is:

990 yd → 2970 ft

We conclude that 990 yards is equivalent to 2970 feet:

990 yards = 2970 feet

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot is equal to 0.00033670033670034 × 990 yards.

Another way is saying that 990 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033670033670034 feet.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred ninety yards is approximately two thousand nine hundred seventy feet:

990 yd ≅ 2970 ft

An alternative is also that one foot is approximately zero times nine hundred ninety yards.

Conversion table

yards to feet chart

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