How do you convert 5 yards to square feet?

Answer 1

You can't: yards measure length and sq feet measure area.

However, to convert square yards to square feet:

1 yd = 3 ft

1 sq y = 1 yd x 1 yd = 3 ft x 3 ft = 9 sq ft

→ multiply by 9.

→ 5 sq yd = 5 x 9 sq ft = 45 sq ft.