Convert Square yards to Square feet
1 square yard is 9 sq ft. One square yard is exactly 9 square feet.
One square yard is 9 square feet. To convert square yards to square feet, multiply by 9; to go the other way, divide by 9 or multiply by 0.11111111. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Office of Weights and Measures. Nine square feet.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Square yards × 9
1 * 99 sq ft
1 square yard in every area unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| square inches | 1,296 sq in | × 1,296 |
| square feet | 9 sq ft | × 9 |
| square yards (as entered) | 1 sq yd | — |
| acres | 0.0002066115702 ac | × 0.000206611570248 |
| square meters | 0.83612736 m² | × 0.83612736 |
| square millimetres | 836,127.36 mm² | × 836,127.36 |
| square centimetres | 8,361.2736 cm² | × 8,361.2736 |
| square kilometres | 0.00000083612736 km² | × 0.00000083612736 |
| square miles | 0.0000003228305785 mi² | × 0.000000322830578512 |
| hectares | 0.000083612736 ha | × 0.000083612736 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Office of Weights and Measures rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
The same converter answers this pair however it is written: sqyd to sqft is how the symbols are typed on a keyboard with no superscript on it.
How do you convert square yards to square feet? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in square yards.
- 2.Multiply by 9 — that is how many square feet fit in one square yard.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 9, or multiply by 0.11111111.
Worked example: 25 square yards to square feet
- Formula
- sq yd × 9 = sq ft
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 9 = 225 sq ft
- Answer
- 25 sq yd = 225 sq ft
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Square yards to square feet conversion table
| Square yards | Square feet |
|---|---|
| 1 sq yd | 9 sq ft |
| 2 sq yd | 18 sq ft |
| 3 sq yd | 27 sq ft |
| 4 sq yd | 36 sq ft |
| 5 sq yd | 45 sq ft |
| 6 sq yd | 54 sq ft |
| 7 sq yd | 63 sq ft |
| 8 sq yd | 72 sq ft |
| 9 sq yd | 81 sq ft |
| 10 sq yd | 90 sq ft |
| 12 sq yd | 108 sq ft |
| 15 sq yd | 135 sq ft |
| 20 sq yd | 180 sq ft |
| 25 sq yd | 225 sq ft |
| 50 sq yd | 450 sq ft |
| 100 sq yd | 900 sq ft |
| 200 sq yd | 1,800 sq ft |
| 300 sq yd | 2,700 sq ft |
| 500 sq yd | 4,500 sq ft |
| 1000 sq yd | 9,000 sq ft |
| 2000 sq yd | 18,000 sq ft |
| 5000 sq yd | 45,000 sq ft |
| 10000 sq yd | 90,000 sq ft |
The factor is 9, not 3
A yard is three feet, so a square yard is three feet by three feet — nine square feet. This is the single most common error in flooring and carpet estimates: a 12 × 15 ft room is 180 ft², which is 20 yd², not 60. Carpet is still sold by the square yard in the US and by the square meter almost everywhere else, so the same room is quoted three different ways.
NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C — general tables of units of measurement
What is a square yard?
Nine square feet. Carpet is still sold this way in much of the trade.
What is a square foot?
A foot on a side, and the unit US floor space, flooring and rent are all quoted in.
How many square feet are in a square yard?
One square yard is 9 square feet, exactly. Going the other way, one square foot is 0.11111111 square 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 area unit here
The whole group — 10 units with their symbols and the size of each one in square meters — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a square yard.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many square feet are in a square yard?
- 9. A foot on a side, and the unit US floor space, flooring and rent are all quoted in.
- How do I convert square feet back to square yards?
- Divide by 9, or multiply by 0.11111111 — 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 area conversions
Square feet to square yards — the same conversion the other way.