Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to meters is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meters:

1 ft = 0.3048 m

To convert 1 foot into meters we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.3048 m

1 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 1 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 0.3048 m

The final result is:

1 ft → 0.3048 m

We conclude that 1 foot is equivalent to 0.3048 meters:

1 foot = 0.3048 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 3.2808398950131 × 1 foot.

Another way is saying that 1 foot is equal to 1 ÷ 3.2808398950131 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one foot is approximately zero point three zero five meters:

1 ft ≅ 0.305 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately three point two eight one times one foot.

Conversion table

feet to meters chart

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