Convert Feet to Yards
12 feet is 4 yd. One foot is exactly 0.333333333333 yards.
12 feet is 4 yards, because one foot is 0.33333333 yards. To convert feet to yards, multiply by 0.33333333; to go the other way, divide by 0.33333333 or multiply by 3. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST. Twelve inches, or exactly 0.3048 meters.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Feet × 0.33333333
12 * 0.33333334 yd
12 feet in every length unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| inches | 144 in | × 12 |
| feet (as entered) | 12 ft | — |
| yards | 4 yd | × 0.333333333333 |
| miles | 0.002272727273 mi | × 0.000189393939394 |
| millimeters | 3,657.6 mm | × 304.8 |
| decimetres | 36.576 dm | × 3.048 |
| centimeters | 365.76 cm | × 30.48 |
| meters | 3.6576 m | × 0.3048 |
| kilometers | 0.0036576 km | × 0.0003048 |
| nautical miles | 0.001974946004 nmi | × 0.000164578833693 |
| micrometers | 3,657,600 µm | × 304,800 |
| nanometers | 3,657,600,000 nm | × 304,800,000 |
| thou | 144,000 thou | × 12,000 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert feet to yards? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in feet.
- 2.Multiply by 0.33333333 — that is how many yards fit in one foot.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.33333333, or multiply by 3.
Worked example: 25 feet to yards
- Formula
- ft × 0.33333333 = yd
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.33333333 = 8.33 yd
- Answer
- 25 ft = 8.33 yd
The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.
Feet to yards conversion table
| Feet | Yards |
|---|---|
| 1 ft | 0.33 yd |
| 2 ft | 0.67 yd |
| 3 ft | 1 yd |
| 4 ft | 1.33 yd |
| 5 ft | 1.67 yd |
| 6 ft | 2 yd |
| 7 ft | 2.33 yd |
| 8 ft | 2.67 yd |
| 9 ft | 3 yd |
| 10 ft | 3.33 yd |
| 12 ft | 4 yd |
| 15 ft | 5 yd |
| 20 ft | 6.67 yd |
| 25 ft | 8.33 yd |
| 50 ft | 16.67 yd |
| 100 ft | 33.33 yd |
| 200 ft | 66.67 yd |
| 300 ft | 100 yd |
| 500 ft | 166.67 yd |
| 1000 ft | 333.33 yd |
| 2000 ft | 666.67 yd |
| 5000 ft | 1,666.67 yd |
| 10000 ft | 3,333.33 yd |
What is a foot?
Twelve inches, or exactly 0.3048 meters. Still the working unit of US construction.
What is a yard?
Three feet, or exactly 0.9144 meters. Concrete and fabric are both sold by it.
How many yards are in a foot?
One foot is 0.33333333 yards. Going the other way, one yard is 3 feet. 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 length unit here
The whole group — 13 units with their symbols and the size of each one in meters — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a foot.
Source: NIST — international yard and pound agreement (inch = 25.4 mm exactly)
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Questions people actually ask
- How many yards are in a foot?
- 0.33333333. Three feet, or exactly 0.9144 meters. Concrete and fabric are both sold by it.
- How do I convert yards back to feet?
- Divide by 0.33333333, or multiply by 3 — they are the same operation.
The values people look up
Each one is this page with the value filled in, and each answers in its own title.
Other length conversions
Yards to feet — the same conversion the other way.