Square Yard Converter — yd² to m², ft², acres and more
Convert between square yards and every other common area unit — metric and imperial — in one click.
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1 yd² × 0.83612736 = 0.836127 m²
1 yd² =
| Square foot | 9 ft² |
| Square inch | 1,296 in² |
| Square meter | 0.836127 m² |
| Square centimeter | 8,361.2736 cm² |
| Square kilometer | 0.000001 km² |
| Hectare | 0.000084 ha |
| Acre | 0.000207 ac |
| Square mile | 0 mi² |
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How this is calculated
A square yard is the area of a square with sides each exactly one yard (0.9144 m) long. Because area scales as the square of length, 1 yd² = 0.9144² = 0.83612736 m² exactly — an internationally agreed definition, not an approximation. One yard equals 3 feet, so 1 yd² = 3² = 9 ft².
All conversions pass through the square meter as the base unit. Each unit stores its "to-base" factor: how many square meters one of that unit equals. To convert a value, multiply it by the source unit factor to get square meters, then divide by the target unit factor. Swapping the units inverts the ratio — no rounding bias in either direction.
Common reference points: 1 yd² ≈ 0.836 m², 1 yd² = 9 ft², 4 840 yd² = 1 acre, 1 yd² ≈ 1296 in². Results are shown to six significant figures; the underlying math uses the full exact factors.
Frequently asked questions
Exactly 9 square feet. One yard equals 3 feet, and area scales as the square of length (3² = 9), so 1 yd² = 9 ft².
Approximately 0.836 square meters — exactly 0.83612736 m², because 1 yard = 0.9144 m and 0.9144² = 0.83612736.
Exactly 4 840 square yards. An acre is historically defined as 4 840 yd², equivalent to 43 560 ft² or about 4 047 m².
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