Unit Converter
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 15.5 feet into meters we have to multiply 15.5 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
15.5 ft → L(m)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:
L(m) = 15.5 ft × 0.3048 m
L(m) = 4.7244 m
The final result is:
15.5 ft → 4.7244 m
We conclude that 15.5 feet is equivalent to 4.7244 meters:
15.5 feet = 4.7244 meters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.21166709000085 × 15.5 feet.
Another way is saying that 15.5 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.21166709000085 meters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifteen point five feet is approximately four point seven two four meters:
15.5 ft ≅ 4.724 m
An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point two one two times fifteen point five 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
feet (ft) | meters (m) |
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16.5 feet | 5.029 meters |
17.5 feet | 5.334 meters |
18.5 feet | 5.639 meters |
19.5 feet | 5.944 meters |
20.5 feet | 6.248 meters |
21.5 feet | 6.553 meters |
22.5 feet | 6.858 meters |
23.5 feet | 7.163 meters |
24.5 feet | 7.468 meters |
25.5 feet | 7.772 meters |