What is Feet?

The feet is a symbol for measuring the length and is used throughout the U.S. and Imperial customary systems of measurement. A feet has been defined in the year 1959 as equivalent to 0.3048 meters. A feet has 12 inches and a yard has three feet. The foot has been used in several global systems from ancient times, finding favor with the Chinese, Romans, Greek, English and French. The U.S. is one of the countries where the foot is predominantly used for various measurements.

What is meter?

The base unit of length in the International System of Units that is equal to the distance traveled in a vacuum by light in 1/299,792,458 second or to about 39.37 inches. meter. noun. Medical Definition of meter (Entry 2 of 2) : an instrument for measuring and sometimes recording the time or amount of something.

How to Convert Feet to Meters?

The procedure to use the feet to meter calculator is as follows:

Step 1: Enter the feet value the input field

Step 2: Now there is automatically converted to meter value

Step 3: Finally, the conversion from feet to meter value will be displayed in the output field.

What is Meant by Feet to Meter Conversion?

The feet to meter calculator gives the conversion of measurement from the unit feet to meter. The unit feet is represented by “ft” and the meter is represented by “mt”. Meter is considered as a part of the metric system and is used in the International System of units. The unit feet is used in the US customary measurement system. One feet is approximately equal to  0.30480370641307 meters.

Relationship between Feet and Meter

1 ft = 0.30480370641307 mt

For example, the conversion of 5 ft to mt is given as follows:

We know that 1 ft = 0.30480370641307 mt

So 5 ft = 5 x 0.30480370641307 mt

5 ft = 1.5240185320653499 mt.

Therefore, the conversion of 5 feet to the centimeter is 1.5240185320653499 mt