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Hands to yards

1 hand in yards
1 hh = 0.11111 yd
yd = hh × 1/9

To convert hands to yards, multiply by 0.1111111111. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

Hands to yards table

Common hand values converted to yards.
Hands Yards
1 hh 0.11111
2 hh 0.22222
3 hh 0.33333
4 hh 0.44444
5 hh 0.55556
10 hh 1.111111
15 hh 1.666667
20 hh 2.222222
25 hh 2.777778
30 hh 3.333333
40 hh 4.444444
50 hh 5.555556
75 hh 8.333333
100 hh 11.11111
250 hh 27.77778
500 hh 55.55556
1,000 hh 111.1111

How the conversion works

The relationship is yd = hh × 1/9. Both units measure length, so the conversion is a fixed factor that never changes. The figure is exact rather than approximate: since the international yard and pound agreement of 1959, an inch is defined as exactly 25.4 millimetres and a pound as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, and every other imperial and US customary unit here is derived from those two.

Common questions

How many yards are in one hand?
One hand equals 0.11111 yards. yd = hh × 1/9.
How do you convert hands to yards?
Use yd = hh × 1/9. So 10 hh is 1.111111 yd.
How many hands are in one yard?
One yard equals 9 hands, which is the reverse of the conversion above.

Related pages

Sources

  1. Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (Public domain (US Government))
  2. The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
  3. Calculated on this page — At One Place

How these figures are compiled and checked