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A 'cubic yard' is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States, Canada, and the UK. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 metres) in length.

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Symbols

There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used:

★ cubic yards, cubic yard, cubic yds, cubic yd

★ cu yards, cu yard, cu yds, cu yd

★ yards/-3, yard/-3, yds/-3, yd/-3

★ yards^3, yard^3, yds^3, yd^3

★ yards³, yard³, yds³, yd³

Conversions

1 cubic yard is equivalent to:

★ 46 656 cubic inches

★ 27 cubic feet

★ ≈0.000000000183 cubic miles

★ ≈21.6962157 U.S. bushels

★ ≈201.974 U.S. liquid gallons

★ ≈4.80890476 crude barrels

★ ≈764.554858 litres

★ ≈764 554 858 cubic millimetres

★ ≈764 554.858 cubic centimetres

★ ≈0.764544858 cubic metres

★ ≈0.000000000764 cubic kilometres

See also

★ 1 E-1 m³ for a comparison with other volumes

★ Square yard

★ Orders of magnitude (volume)

★ Conversion of units

★ Cube (arithmetic), cube root

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★ Cubic equation, cubic function