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Feet to Meters Converter

Convert feet (ft) to meters (m), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

Change the values and press Calculate to work out your own figures.

Convert a length from one unit to another. For inches, feet and yards you also get feet and inches with a tape-measure fraction.

About valueEnter a number, a fraction such as 3/8, a mixed number such as 1 3/8, or simple arithmetic such as 2*3.
About to unitUnit to convert into.
About round inches to nearestSmallest inch fraction used when showing feet and inches.
Result
Result
0.3048 m
miles
0.000189393939394
yards
0.333333333333
inches
12
kilometers
0.0003048
centimeters
30.48
millimeters
304.8
micrometers
304800
nanometers
304800000
light-years
3.22173854211 × 10^-17
US survey feet
0.999998

1 ft = 0.3048 m

Show the working
  1. 1 ft = 0.3048 m
  2. 1 × 0.3048 = 0.3048 m

How to convert feet to meters

1 ft = 0.3048 m, so multiply by 0.3048 to go from feet to meters. Going the other way, 1 m = 3.28083989501 ft.

m = ft × 0.3048
ft = m × 3.28083989501

Worked example:

1 ft = 0.3048 m
5 × 0.3048 = 1.524 m

Feet to meters table

FeetMeters
1 ft0.3048 m
2 ft0.6096 m
3 ft0.9144 m
4 ft1.2192 m
5 ft1.524 m
6 ft1.8288 m
7 ft2.1336 m
8 ft2.4384 m
9 ft2.7432 m
10 ft3.048 m
15 ft4.572 m
20 ft6.096 m
25 ft7.62 m
30 ft9.144 m
40 ft12.192 m
50 ft15.24 m
75 ft22.86 m
100 ft30.48 m
250 ft76.2 m
500 ft152.4 m
1000 ft304.8 m

About the units

Feet (ft)
Feet, a US customary unit. Definition: NIST Handbook 44 Appendix C (international yard and pound, 1959).
Meters (m)
Meters, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure (SI prefixes).

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