Half a foot (6 inches) is one-sixth of a yard.
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A yard is three feet, so half a yard would be one and a half feet.
In pure arithmetical terms it's half a yard, but there is no actual measure that relates to one and a half feet. The origin of foot and yard are believed to have been set as the length of a man's foot, and the distance from the neck to the tip of the finger, which happens to be about 3 times the length.
3 feet = 1 yard, therefore half a yard would be 1.5 feet or 18 inches.
one and a half feet
1 and 1 half 3 one yard then the 1 and one half feet is one half of a yard so 1 and 1 half feet.