1 square rod = 30.25 square yards.
I checked a few sources, which concur with 1 rod = 16.5 feet = 5.5 yards.(3 rods)x(5.5 yards/rod) = 16.5 yards.
1 rod = 5.5 yards
The original answer (below) was off by a factor of 3, a surveyor's rod = 5.5 yards. So (2 yards)/(5.5 yards/rod) = 4/11 rod or about 0.364 rod.This is the original answer refers to fencing rod, but this is actually 5.5 yards (not feet) as originally stated. I found reference to an 80 rod roll equal to 1320 feet (see link).
1 square yard = 0.03305785 square rods.
There are 5.5 yards in one rod. Therefore, 40 rods is equal to 5.5 x 40 = 220 yards.
Rod Smith broke the Denver Broncos record for most catches and yards.
a rod is 5.5 yards, therefore two rods = 11 yards = 33 feet
One rod is equal to 5.5 yards. Therefore, 6 rods is equal to 5.5 x 6 = 33 yards.
There are 320 rods in a mile. Each rod is equal to 16.5 feet or 5.0292 meters.
A rod, pole, or perch: all are the same measure: respectively of five and a half yards, or thirty and a quarter square yards
5½ yds, which is one-fourth of a chain. Also known as a "pole" or "perch".