Convert Cubic yards to Cubic feet
1 cubic yard is 27 ft³. One cubic yard is exactly 27 cubic feet.
One cubic yard is 27 cubic feet. To convert cubic yards to cubic feet, multiply by 27; to go the other way, divide by 27 or multiply by 0.037037037. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Handbook 130. Twenty-seven cubic feet, or 764.55 litres.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Cubic yards × 27
1 * 2727 ft³
1 cubic yard in every volume unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| US teaspoons | 155,116.0519 tsp | × 155,116.051948 |
| US tablespoons | 51,705.35065 tbsp | × 51,705.3506494 |
| US fluid ounces | 25,852.67532 fl oz | × 25,852.6753247 |
| US cups | 3,231.584416 cup | × 3,231.58441558 |
| US pints | 1,615.792208 pt | × 1,615.79220779 |
| US quarts | 807.8961039 qt | × 807.896103896 |
| US gallons | 201.974026 gal | × 201.974025974 |
| milliliters | 764,554.858 ml | × 764,554.857984 |
| liters | 764.554858 L | × 764.554857984 |
| imperial gallons | 168.1785574 gal (UK) | × 168.178557394 |
| imperial quarts | 672.7142296 qt (UK) | × 672.714229577 |
| imperial pints | 1,345.428459 pt (UK) | × 1,345.42845915 |
| imperial fluid ounces | 26,908.56918 fl oz (UK) | × 26,908.5691831 |
| imperial gills | 5,381.713837 gi (UK) | × 5,381.71383661 |
| cubic millimetres | 764,554,858 mm³ | × 764,554,857.984 |
| cubic centimetres | 764,554.858 cm³ | × 764,554.857984 |
| cubic inches | 46,656 in³ | × 46,656 |
| cubic feet | 27 ft³ | × 27 |
| cubic yards (as entered) | 1 yd³ | — |
| cubic metres | 0.764554858 m³ | × 0.764554857984 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Handbook 130 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert cubic yards to cubic feet? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in cubic yards.
- 2.Multiply by 27 — that is how many cubic feet fit in one cubic yard.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 27, or multiply by 0.037037037.
Worked example: 25 cubic yards to cubic feet
- Formula
- yd³ × 27 = ft³
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 27 = 675 ft³
- Answer
- 25 yd³ = 675 ft³
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Cubic yards to cubic feet conversion table
| Cubic yards | Cubic feet |
|---|---|
| 1 yd³ | 27 ft³ |
| 2 yd³ | 54 ft³ |
| 3 yd³ | 81 ft³ |
| 4 yd³ | 108 ft³ |
| 5 yd³ | 135 ft³ |
| 6 yd³ | 162 ft³ |
| 7 yd³ | 189 ft³ |
| 8 yd³ | 216 ft³ |
| 9 yd³ | 243 ft³ |
| 10 yd³ | 270 ft³ |
| 12 yd³ | 324 ft³ |
| 15 yd³ | 405 ft³ |
| 20 yd³ | 540 ft³ |
| 25 yd³ | 675 ft³ |
| 50 yd³ | 1,350 ft³ |
| 100 yd³ | 2,700 ft³ |
| 200 yd³ | 5,400 ft³ |
| 300 yd³ | 8,100 ft³ |
| 500 yd³ | 13,500 ft³ |
| 1000 yd³ | 27,000 ft³ |
| 2000 yd³ | 54,000 ft³ |
| 5000 yd³ | 135,000 ft³ |
| 10000 yd³ | 270,000 ft³ |
What is a cubic yard?
Twenty-seven cubic feet, or 764.55 litres. Concrete, topsoil and aggregate are all ordered by it in the US, and it is the unit a truck is measured in.
What is a cubic foot?
Exactly 28.316846592 litres, or 7.48 US gallons. The working unit of natural gas billing, air flow and refrigerator capacity in the US.
How many cubic feet are in a cubic yard?
One cubic yard is 27 cubic feet, exactly. Going the other way, one cubic foot is 0.037037037 cubic yards. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every volume unit here
The whole group — 20 units with their symbols and the size of each one in liters — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a cubic yard.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many cubic feet are in a cubic yard?
- 27. Exactly 28.316846592 litres, or 7.48 US gallons. The working unit of natural gas billing, air flow and refrigerator capacity in the US.
- How do I convert cubic feet back to cubic yards?
- Divide by 27, or multiply by 0.037037037 — they are the same operation.
Other volume conversions
Cubic feet to cubic yards — the same conversion the other way.