Ways to Convert Feet to Meters

This article focuses on conversion for foot and meter, we talk about ways to convert 1 ft to m, and the definitions for them.

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What does metre and foot mean?

Metres and feet are units that both can be used to measure the distance from one point to another, it is usually a straight line and also the shortest, and it is also known as the length or depth when measuring different objects.

And the unit feet is related to our feet, because in the ancient times when there was no rulers and measuring equipment, people would use foot ie. steps to measure the length and today some people are still using this method just to be convenient or get a ballpark figure.

In order to convert steps into km would require the height of the person who is taking those steps, but on average 1400 steps is 1 km.

They are both units used world-widely, so how long are they or which is longer?

How many meters in a foot?

1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meter, well, how many feet in 1 meter then? This introduces another way to calculate the answer: 1 metre is 3.28084 feet. 1 foot in meters

If you prefer doing multiplications and divisions, the two formulas are going be your friends.

Ways to convert foot to meter

• How many is 10 feet in meters?

10 feet = ft × 1ft = 10ft × 0.3048 m = 3.048 metres

OR 10 ft = ft ÷ 1m = 10 ÷ 3.28084 = 3.047999902464003 m, there are about 3.048 meters in 10 ft.

• How far is 40 feet in meter?

40 feet = ft × 1ft = 40ft × 0.3048 m = 12.192 metres

OR 40 ft = ft ÷ 1m = 40 ÷ 3.28084 = 12.191999609856 m, there are around 12.192 meters in 40 ft.

• What is 12 feet in meter?

12 feet = ft × 1ft = 12ft × 0.3048 m = 3.6576 metres

OR 12 ft = ft ÷ 1m = 12 ÷ 3.28084 = 3.6575998829568 m, 12 ft is equal to 3.6576 metres.

• How long is 20 ft in meters?

20 feet = ft × 1ft = 20ft × 0.3048 m = 6.096 metres

OR 20 ft = ft ÷ 1m = 20 ÷ 3.28084 = 6.09599980492801 m, there are approximately 6.096 meters in 20 ft.

• What is 5’5 feet in meters?

5’5 feet = 5 feet 5 inches

5’5 ft = ft + in = (5ft × 0.3048) + (5in × 0.0254) = 1.524 + 0.127 = 1.651 m, there are about 1.65 meters in 5’5 ft.

• How much is 6’9 feet to meters?

6’9 feet = 6 feet 9 inches

6’9 ft = ft + in = (6ft × 0.3048) + (9in × 0.0254) = 1.8288 + 0.2286 = 2.0574 m, there are about 2 meters in 6’9 ft.

Quick answers for feet to m

Questions-Feet	Answers-Meters	Questions-Feet	Answers-Metres
1 feet in meters	0.3048 meter	16 feet in meters	4.8768 meters
4 feet in meters	1.2192 m	20 ft to meters	6.096 m
5 ft in meters	1.524 meters	25 feet in meters	7.62 m
6 feet in meters	1.8288 m	30 ft in meters	9.144 m
8 feet in meters	2.4384 metres	35 feet to meters	10.668 m
10ft in metres	3.048 m	40 ft to meters	12.192 metres
12 ft in meters	3.6576 meters	45 feet to meters	13.716 m
13 feet in meters	3.9624 m	50 feet to meters	15.24 meters
14 ft in meters	4.2672 m	60 feet to meters	18.288 m
15 feet in meters	4.572 metres	100 feet to meters	30.48 meters

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How to convert meters to feet?

For more about conversions backwards below, here you can find some methods with examples.

See the way to convert meters to foot here.

Also see the way to convert square meter to square feet here.

Convert other popular units into feet

Questions – Version	Conversions-Version	Answers
2 km to feet	2 km * 3280.84	6561.68 feet
2 meters to foot	2 m * 3.28084	6.56168 feet
2 cm to feet	2 cm * 0.0328084	0.06561688 foot
2 inches to feet	2 in * 0.0833333	0.166667 ft
2 mm to feet	2 mm * 0.00328084	0.00656168 ft
2 miles to feet	2 mi * 5280	10560 feet
2 yards to feet	2 yd * 3	6 ft
2 nautical miles to feet	2 nauti mi * 6076.12	12152.2 ft
2 furlong to feet	2 fur * 660.001	1320 feet
2 mil to feet	2 * 8.33333e-5	0.000166667 ft

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