Cubic Yard Calculator

Multiply length, width, and depth in mixed units. Cubic yards is the main result, and cubic feet is shown with it.

Smart Tips

• Each side has its own unit. Nine feet by three feet by four inches is 9 cubic feet.

• Three feet by three feet by three feet is 1 cubic yard.

• 1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet. Cubic feet is on this page, not a second URL.

• Metric sides use the international foot, 0.3048 meters exactly.

• A zero depth is zero yards and zero cubic feet.

The Formula

cubic yards = (length × width × depth in feet) ÷ 27

ftInternational foot. 1 ft = 0.3048 m exactly.

in1/12 foot.

yd3 feet. One cubic yard is 27 cubic feet.

m1 ÷ 0.3048 feet.

A 1 meter cube is 1 ÷ 0.9144³ cubic yards, about 1.30795, because 1 yard = 0.9144 meters exactly.

Key Insights

Mixed units

Depth in inches and length in feet are multiplied after both are feet.

Cubic feet too

The second figure is cubic feet. It is not a separate calculator.

Exact yard

A 3 foot cube is exactly 1 cubic yard.

Then the material

Concrete, gravel, and mulch start from this kind of volume and add bags or tons.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Length, width, and depth each have a unit: inches, feet, yards, centimeters, or meters. Nine feet by three feet by four inches is 9 cubic feet, which is 1/3 cubic yard.

27. A cube that is 3 feet on each side is 1 cubic yard and 27 cubic feet. Both numbers are shown.

One international foot is 0.3048 meters exactly, so one yard is 0.9144 meters. A 1 meter cube is 1 ÷ 0.9144³ cubic yards.

No. Cubic feet is the second result on this page. The main result is cubic yards.

Cubic yards, cubic feet, and cubic inches are all 0.

Each side is converted with the international foot, where 1 foot = 0.3048 meters exactly, then multiplied. Cubic yards are cubic feet divided by 27, and 1 yard = 3 feet. NIST Special Publication 811 gives the cubic yard factor 0.7645549 cubic meters and states that 1 acre = 43,560 square feet. www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-appendix-b-conversion-factors

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Note:Cubic yards are length × width × depth after each side is converted with the international foot (1 ft = 0.3048 m exactly, NIST SP 811). 1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet. Cubic feet is a result on this page.