Convert Yards to Feet
500 yards is 1,500 ft. One yard is exactly 3 feet.
500 yards is 1500 feet, because one yard is 3 feet. To convert yards to feet, multiply by 3; to go the other way, divide by 3 or multiply by 0.33333333. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST. Three feet, or exactly 0.9144 meters.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- Yards × 3
500 * 31,500 ft
500 yards in every length unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| inches | 18,000 in | × 36 |
| feet | 1,500 ft | × 3 |
| yards (as entered) | 500 yd | — |
| miles | 0.2840909091 mi | × 0.000568181818182 |
| millimeters | 457,200 mm | × 914.4 |
| decimetres | 4,572 dm | × 9.144 |
| centimeters | 45,720 cm | × 91.44 |
| meters | 457.2 m | × 0.9144 |
| kilometers | 0.4572 km | × 0.0009144 |
| nautical miles | 0.2468682505 nmi | × 0.00049373650108 |
| micrometers | 457,200,000 µm | × 914,400 |
| nanometers | 457,200,000,000 nm | × 914,400,000 |
| thou | 18,000,000 thou | × 36,000 |
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 yards to feet? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in yards.
- 2.Multiply by 3 — that is how many feet fit in one yard.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 3, or multiply by 0.33333333.
Worked example: 25 yards to feet
- Formula
- yd × 3 = ft
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 3 = 75 ft
- Answer
- 25 yd = 75 ft
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
Yards to feet conversion table
| Yards | Feet |
|---|---|
| 1 yd | 3 ft |
| 2 yd | 6 ft |
| 3 yd | 9 ft |
| 4 yd | 12 ft |
| 5 yd | 15 ft |
| 6 yd | 18 ft |
| 7 yd | 21 ft |
| 8 yd | 24 ft |
| 9 yd | 27 ft |
| 10 yd | 30 ft |
| 12 yd | 36 ft |
| 15 yd | 45 ft |
| 20 yd | 60 ft |
| 25 yd | 75 ft |
| 50 yd | 150 ft |
| 100 yd | 300 ft |
| 200 yd | 600 ft |
| 300 yd | 900 ft |
| 500 yd | 1,500 ft |
| 1000 yd | 3,000 ft |
| 2000 yd | 6,000 ft |
| 5000 yd | 15,000 ft |
| 10000 yd | 30,000 ft |
What is a yard?
Three feet, or exactly 0.9144 meters. Concrete and fabric are both sold by it.
What is a foot?
Twelve inches, or exactly 0.3048 meters. Still the working unit of US construction.
How many feet are in a yard?
One yard is 3 feet, exactly. Going the other way, one foot is 0.33333333 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 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 yard.
Source: NIST — international yard and pound agreement (inch = 25.4 mm exactly)
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Questions people actually ask
- How many feet are in a yard?
- 3. Twelve inches, or exactly 0.3048 meters. Still the working unit of US construction.
- How do I convert feet back to yards?
- Divide by 3, or multiply by 0.33333333 — 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
Feet to yards — the same conversion the other way.