There are 36 inches in a yard. This is because there are 3 feet in a yard and 12 inches in a foot. Using the given information, it gives us the formula: 3 feet times 12 inches equals 36 inches. If you are going to use meters and not yard, then it is worthy to note that there is 0.9144 meters in a yard.
To get this answer, just follow this formula: 1 meter equals 3.28 feet and one yard equals 3 feet. Therefore, one yard equals 3 divided by 3.28 of a meter. Yard is a US customary measurement systems length unit and its abbreviation is “yd”. If you wish not to compute, there are different tables which you can find on the internet.