Conversion formula

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

1 ft/s = 0.3048 m/s

To convert 1284 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 1284 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.3048 m/s

1284 ft/s → V_(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V_(m/s) = 1284 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 391.3632 m/s

The final result is:

1284 ft/s → 391.3632 m/s

We conclude that 1284 feet per second is equivalent to 391.3632 meters per second:

1284 feet per second = 391.3632 meters per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter per second is equal to 0.0025551712577984 × 1284 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 1284 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0025551712577984 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand two hundred eighty-four feet per second is approximately three hundred ninety-one point three six three meters per second:

1284 ft/s ≅ 391.363 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero three times one thousand two hundred eighty-four feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to meters per second chart

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