Square yards

Physical unit
Unit name	Square yards
Unit symbol	${\displaystyle \mathrm {yd^{2}} }$
Physical quantity (s)	Area
Formula symbol	${\displaystyle A}$
dimension	${\displaystyle {\mathsf {L^{2}}}}$
system	Anglo-American system of measurement
In SI units	${\displaystyle \mathrm {1\,yd^{2}=0{,}836\,127\,36\,m^{2}} }$
Derived from	yard

Comparison of some units of area with the square yard.

The square yard ( English square yard , sometimes abbreviated as or ) is an Anglo-American unit of area , defined as the area of ​​a square with an edge length of 1  yard . ${\displaystyle \mathrm {yd^{2}} }$ ${\displaystyle \mathrm {yard^{2}} }$

1 square yard = 9 square feet = 1296 square inches = 8361.2736 cm²

1 acre = 4840 square yard = 4046.8564224 m²

1 square mile = 640 acres = 3,097,600 square yards