Convert Square yards to Square meters
1 square yard is 0.84 m². One square yard is exactly 0.83612736 square meters.
One square yard is 0.83612736 square meters. To convert square yards to square meters, multiply by 0.83612736; to go the other way, divide by 0.83612736 or multiply by 1.19599. 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 × 0.83612736
1 * 0.83612740.836 m²
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: square yards to square metres is the British spelling of the same units — the metre and the litre are spelled that way outside the United States and the quantity does not change, and sqyd to sqm is how the symbols are typed on a keyboard with no superscript on it.
How do you convert square yards to square meters? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in square yards.
- 2.Multiply by 0.83612736 — that is how many square meters fit in one square yard.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.83612736, or multiply by 1.19599.
Worked example: 25 square yards to square meters
- Formula
- sq yd × 0.83612736 = m²
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.83612736 = 20.9 m²
- Answer
- 25 sq yd = 20.9 m²
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Square yards to square meters conversion table
| Square yards | Square meters |
|---|---|
| 1 sq yd | 0.84 m² |
| 2 sq yd | 1.67 m² |
| 3 sq yd | 2.51 m² |
| 4 sq yd | 3.34 m² |
| 5 sq yd | 4.18 m² |
| 6 sq yd | 5.02 m² |
| 7 sq yd | 5.85 m² |
| 8 sq yd | 6.69 m² |
| 9 sq yd | 7.53 m² |
| 10 sq yd | 8.36 m² |
| 12 sq yd | 10.03 m² |
| 15 sq yd | 12.54 m² |
| 20 sq yd | 16.72 m² |
| 25 sq yd | 20.9 m² |
| 50 sq yd | 41.81 m² |
| 100 sq yd | 83.61 m² |
| 200 sq yd | 167.23 m² |
| 300 sq yd | 250.84 m² |
| 500 sq yd | 418.06 m² |
| 1000 sq yd | 836.13 m² |
| 2000 sq yd | 1,672.25 m² |
| 5000 sq yd | 4,180.64 m² |
| 10000 sq yd | 8,361.27 m² |
What is a square yard?
Nine square feet. Carpet is still sold this way in much of the trade.
What is a square meter?
A meter on a side, and about 10.764 square feet.
How many square meters are in a square yard?
One square yard is 0.83612736 square meters, exactly. Going the other way, one square meter is 1.19599 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 meters are in a square yard?
- 0.83612736. A meter on a side, and about 10.764 square feet.
- How do I convert square meters back to square yards?
- Divide by 0.83612736, or multiply by 1.19599 — 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 meters to square yards — the same conversion the other way.