Cubic Yard Calculator
Check out this cubic yard calculator to work out the yardage of different shapes of volume.
Volume1 cubic yards3 × 3 × 3 ft
Cubic yards1
Cubic feet27
Cubic metres0.7646
US gallons201.97
Litres764.55
Surface area54 sq ftper item
The method
volume = length × width × height, in every unit you need
27, not 3
A cubic yard is three feet in each direction, so it holds 27 cubic feet. Dividing cubic feet by three to get cubic yards is the classic error, and it under-orders by a factor of nine.
The same applies going the other way: a cubic metre is 1.308 cubic yards, not 1.094 — that is the square-metre figure.