Feet to yards

Multiply feet by 0.333333 to get yards.

1 ft = 0.333333 ydNIST HB 44

Convert

3yd

9 ft = 3 yd

How to convert feet to yards

The yard is exactly 0.9144 metres — the base of the 1959 international agreement. The foot is exactly 0.3048 metres, by the 1959 international yard-and-pound agreement.

Worked example — 9 ft: 9 × 0.333333 = 3 yd. (3 yd 0 ft)

Feet to yards table

Common conversions. The reverse table is on yards to feet.
Feet	Yards	Yards and ft
1 ft	0.333333 yd	0 yd 1 ft
2 ft	0.666667 yd	0 yd 2 ft
3 ft	1 yd	1 yd 0 ft
6 ft	2 yd	2 yd 0 ft
9 ft	3 yd	3 yd 0 ft
10 ft	3.3333 yd	3 yd 1 ft
30 ft	10 yd	10 yd 0 ft
50 ft	16.6667 yd	16 yd 2 ft
100 ft	33.3333 yd	33 yd 1 ft

Reverse and related

yards → feetreverse conversion m → ft1 m = 3.2808 ft ft → m1 ft = 0.3048 m cm → ft1 cm = 0.0328084 ft ft → cm1 ft = 30.48 cm m → yd1 m = 1.0936 yd yd → m1 yd = 0.9144 m

About feet and yards

Foot (ft)

1 ft = 0.333333 yd

Definition. Exactly 0.3048 metres, by the 1959 international yard-and-pound agreement

History and origin

The foot is an ancient unit based roughly on a human foot, and its length varied from place to place for centuries. The modern international foot was fixed at exactly 0.3048 metres by the 1959 yard and pound agreement.

Current use

The foot is the everyday unit of length in the United States for height, rooms and construction, and is still widely used in the United Kingdom.

Source: International Yard and Pound Agreement (1959); NIST Handbook 44, App. C

Yard (yd)

1 yd = 3 ft

Definition. Exactly 0.9144 metres — the base of the 1959 international agreement

History and origin

The yard has English roots going back to a royal standard, and long served as the base of the imperial system. The 1959 agreement redefined it as exactly 0.9144 metres, making it the reference from which the foot and inch derive.

Current use

The yard is used for fabric and landscaping and, famously, American football, where the field is measured in yards.

Source: International Yard and Pound Agreement (1959); NIST Handbook 44, App. C

Where people use this

Feet: height in the US, room dimensions, construction. Yards: fabric, American football, landscaping. 3 feet is exactly 1 yard.

How we know this is right

The factor is fixed by the standards that define the units, not chosen — so it is exact, not a measurement:

1 yd = 3 ft, so 1 ft = 1 ÷ 3 = 0.333333 yd.

Every value is carried to full double precision; the display is rounded.

Both units are defined in International Yard and Pound Agreement (1959); NIST Handbook 44, App. C.

Questions people ask

How many yards is 3 feet?

3 feet is exactly 1 yard.

How many yards is 1 foot?

One foot is a third of a yard, about 0.333 yards.

How many feet in a yard?

One yard is exactly 3 feet.

All foot conversions

Centimetres to feet1 cm = 0.0328084 ft Feet to centimetres1 ft = 30.48 cm Feet to metres1 ft = 0.3048 m Metres to feet1 m = 3.2808 ft Feet to inches1 ft = 12 in Inches to feet1 in = 0.0833333 ft Miles to feet1 mi = 5,280 ft Yards to feet1 yd = 3 ft Feet to miles1 ft = 0.000189394 mi