Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to inches is 12, which means that 1 foot is equal to 12 inches:

1 ft = 12 in

To convert 0.5 feet into inches we have to multiply 0.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to inches. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 12 in

0.5 ft → L_(in)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in inches:

L_(in) = 0.5 ft × 12 in

L_(in) = 6 in

The final result is:

0.5 ft → 6 in

We conclude that 0.5 feet is equivalent to 6 inches:

0.5 feet = 6 inches

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 inch is equal to 0.16666666666667 × 0.5 feet.

Another way is saying that 0.5 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.16666666666667 inches.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that zero point five feet is approximately six inches:

0.5 ft ≅ 6 in

An alternative is also that one inch is approximately zero point one six seven times zero point five feet.

Conversion table

feet to inches chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to inches