Acres to Square Yards Converter
1 acre = 4,840 square yards
1 acre equals 4,840 square yards
How to convert acres to square yards
Area factors are squared length factors: 1 ft² = (0.3048 m)². The acre here uses international feet; historic US survey acres differ slightly.
yd² = ac × 4840One acre is 4840 square yards, so a single multiplication converts any value.
48,400 yd² = 10 × 4840Acres to square yards conversion table
Common values in acres, converted to square yards.
| Acres (ac) | Square yards (yd²) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4,840 |
| 2 | 9,680 |
| 3 | 14,520 |
| 4 | 19,360 |
| 5 | 24,200 |
| 10 | 48,400 |
| 20 | 96,800 |
| 25 | 121,000 |
| 50 | 242,000 |
| 100 | 484,000 |
| 250 | 1,210,000 |
| 500 | 2,420,000 |
| 1,000 | 4,840,000 |
About these units
acreac
Exactly 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. The customary land unit.
Reference: Derived from the international yard (1959).
square yardyd²
Exactly 9 square feet. Used for carpet and fabric.
Sources and precision
Table results are rounded to 8 significant digits; formula constants may be rounded to 10. Worked example answers use 6 significant digits. The converter starts at 6 significant digits and lets you change display precision. Calculations use the stored factors without intermediate rounding. Exact unit definitions do not make an input measurement more precise; conventional and measured factors follow the assumptions stated here.