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Metres to yards.

Convert m to yd and yd to m. Type in either box and the other follows. A metre is a shade under 1.1 yards, which is why 100 m and 110 yards are nearly the same race.

m → ydExact definition
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Metres to yards — common values, to 6 significant figures.
myd
1 m1.09361 yd
5 m5.46807 yd
10 m10.9361 yd
25 m27.3403 yd
50 m54.6807 yd
100 m109.361 yd
200 m218.723 yd
400 m437.445 yd
800 m874.891 yd
1000 m1093.61 yd
1 m=1.093613298 yd 1 yd=0.9144 m

Definitions

  • The metre is the SI base unit of length, defined by fixing the speed of light at 299 792 458 m/s.
  • The yard is exactly 0.9144 m by definition — the anchor from which the inch, foot and mile all follow.
  • This conversion is exact by definition. 1 m = 1.093613298 yd.
  • The metre is SI; every imperial and US customary length here is defined exactly in terms of it by the 1959 international yard and pound agreement.

How it works

One direction multiplies and the other divides by the same number, so nothing is lost by going back and forth.

The value passes through m, the unit every other length & distance unit on the site is defined against, rather than a number written into this page on its own. That is why the figure here, the figure in the table above and the general length & distance converter always agree.

Display precision limits significant figures rather than decimal places, because one fixed number of decimals is useless across a range this wide. Very large and very small results switch to scientific notation with a proper superscript exponent. The editable box always holds a plain number at full working precision, so you can carry on from either side.

Common questions this answers: how many yards in a metre (1.09361), how many metres in a yard (0.9144), and what 100 m is in yards (109.361 yd).

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