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Fact about Yard
Basic facts: A yard [symbol: yd] is a unit of length in both the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement. A yard has been defined as exactly 0.9144 meters since 1959, It is also equivalent to 3 feet, or 36 inches.
History: The origin of the yard is not quite certain. A yard is an English unit [predecessor of imperial units] the term “yard” derives from the Old English gerd, gyrd, etc., which was used for staves, branches, and measuring rods. some suggest that it initially derived from the girth of a person’s waist, while others consider it originated as a cubic measure.
Use: The yard is generally used in field-length measurement for specific sports like American and Canadian football, and association football [soccer]. The yard sometimes is used in golf fairway measurements and it is also used in cricket pitch dimensions. In the United Kingdom as well as the United States, the yard is often used when referring to distance. In the United Kingdom, it is also a legal condition that road signs marking shorter distances are displayed in yards.
Facts about Inch
Basic facts: An inch is a unit of length in the United States customary and British imperial systems of measurement [symbol: in]. It is equivalent to 1/36 yard or 1/12 of a foot, meaning there are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot. In 1959, an inch was defined to be equal to exactly 25.4 millimeters.
History: The word “inch” is derived from the Roman uncia “twelfth”, the term “inch” is also sometimes used to translate similar units in other measurement systems, usually viewed as deriving from the width of the human thumb, where the length was obtained from averaging the width of 3 thumbs: a small, a medium, and a large one.
In the past, there have been a number of various standards for the inch with the present definition being based on the international yard. One of the earlier definitions of the inch was based on barleycorns [where an inch was equivalent to the length of 3 grains of dry, round barley placed end-to-end].
Use: The inch is mainly used in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. It is also sometimes used in Japan and in other countries as well, in relation to electronic parts, such as the size of display screens.
How many inches in a yard?
1 yard is equivalent to 36 inches. Use 36 as the factor to convert yards to inches. Below find some popular yards to inches conversion questions:
- How many inches in 2 yards? 2 yards x 36 = 72 number inches
- How many inches in 3 yards? 3 yards x 36 = 108 number inches
- How many inches in 5 yards? 5 yards x 36 = 180 number inches
- How many inches in 10 yards? 10 yards x 36 = 360 number inches
- How many inches in 20 yards? 20 yards x 36 = 720 number inches
- How many inches in 50 yards? 50 yards x 36 = 1800 number inches
- How many inches in 100 yards? 100 yards x 36 = 3600 number inches
- How many inches in 1000 yards? 1000 yards x 36 = 36000 number inches
Yards to Inches Conversion Chart
| Yards | Inches | Yards | Inches | Yards | Inches | Yards | Inches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36 | 26 | 936 | 51 | 1836 | 76 | 2736 |
| 2 | 72 | 27 | 972 | 52 | 1872 | 77 | 2772 |
| 3 | 108 | 28 | 1008 | 53 | 1908 | 78 | 2808 |
| 4 | 144 | 29 | 1044 | 54 | 1944 | 79 | 2844 |
| 5 | 180 | 30 | 1080 | 55 | 1980 | 80 | 2880 |
| 6 | 216 | 31 | 1116 | 56 | 2016 | 81 | 2916 |
| 7 | 252 | 32 | 1152 | 57 | 2052 | 82 | 2952 |
| 8 | 288 | 33 | 1188 | 58 | 2088 | 83 | 2988 |
| 9 | 324 | 34 | 1224 | 59 | 2124 | 84 | 3024 |
| 10 | 360 | 35 | 1260 | 60 | 2160 | 85 | 3060 |
| 11 | 396 | 36 | 1296 | 61 | 2196 | 86 | 3096 |
| 12 | 432 | 37 | 1332 | 62 | 2232 | 87 | 3132 |
| 13 | 468 | 38 | 1368 | 63 | 2268 | 88 | 3168 |
| 14 | 504 | 39 | 1404 | 64 | 2304 | 89 | 3204 |
| 15 | 540 | 40 | 1440 | 65 | 2340 | 90 | 3240 |
| 16 | 576 | 41 | 1476 | 66 | 2376 | 91 | 3276 |
| 17 | 612 | 42 | 1512 | 67 | 2412 | 92 | 3312 |
| 18 | 648 | 43 | 1548 | 68 | 2448 | 93 | 3348 |
| 19 | 684 | 44 | 1584 | 69 | 2484 | 94 | 3384 |
| 20 | 720 | 45 | 1620 | 70 | 2520 | 95 | 3420 |
| 21 | 756 | 46 | 1656 | 71 | 2556 | 96 | 3456 |
| 22 | 792 | 47 | 1692 | 72 | 2592 | 97 | 3492 |
| 23 | 828 | 48 | 1728 | 73 | 2628 | 98 | 3528 |
| 24 | 864 | 49 | 1764 | 74 | 2664 | 99 | 3564 |
| 25 | 900 | 50 | 1800 | 75 | 2700 | 100 | 3600 |