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 13.8 feet into meters we have to multiply 13.8 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

13.8 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 13.8 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 4.20624 m

The final result is:

13.8 ft → 4.20624 m

We conclude that 13.8 feet is equivalent to 4.20624 meters:

13.8 feet = 4.20624 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.23774202137776 × 13.8 feet.

Another way is saying that 13.8 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.23774202137776 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that thirteen point eight feet is approximately four point two zero six meters:

13.8 ft ≅ 4.206 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point two three eight times thirteen point eight feet.

Conversion table

feet to meters chart

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