42 inches in yards

Result

The conversion result is: 42 inches is equivalent to 1.16666666666667 yards.[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 42 inches to yards?

We know (by definition) that: 1 in ≈ 0.027777778 yd.

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of yards.

1 in / 42 in ≈ 0.027777778 yd / x yd

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x yd ≈ (42 in / 1 in) * 0.027777778 yd → x yd ≈ 1.166666676 yd

Conclusion:

42 in ≈ 1.166666676 yd

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 yard is equal to 0.857142857142857 times 42 inches.

It can also be expressed as: 42 inches is equal to 1 / 0.857142857142857 yards.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-two inches is about one point one six yards, or alternatively, a yard is about zero point eight six times forty-two inches.

Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.