Yard (abbreviation: yd): is an English unit of length that comprises 3 feet or 36 inches, in both the British imperial and US customary systems of measurement. It is standardized as exactly 0.9144 meters by international agreement in 1959.
Meter (abbreviation: m): is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The metre is the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum within 1/299792458 seconds.
How to Convert Yards to Meters
Example: How many meters are equivalent to 88.13 yards?
As;
1 yards = 0.9144 meters
88.13 yards = Y meters
Assuming Y is the answer, and by criss-cross principle;
Y equals 88.13 times 0.9144 over 1
(i.e.) Y = 88.13 * 0.9144 / 1 = 80.586072 meters
Answer is: 80.586072 meters are equivalent to 88.13 yards.
Practice Question: Convert the following units into m:
N.B.: After working out the answer to each of the next questions, click adjacent button to see the correct answer.
( i ) 44.17 yd
( ii ) 20.16 yd
( iii ) 6.75 yd