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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 1500 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 1500 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

1500 ft/s → V(m/s)

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

V(m/s) = 1500 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V(m/s) = 457.2 m/s

The final result is:

1500 ft/s → 457.2 m/s

We conclude that 1500 feet per second is equivalent to 457.2 meters per second:

1500 feet per second = 457.2 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 0.0021872265966754 × 1500 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 1500 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0021872265966754 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 five hundred feet per second is approximately four hundred fifty-seven point two meters per second:

1500 ft/s ≅ 457.2 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero two times one thousand five hundred 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

feet per second (ft/s) meters per second (m/s)
1501 feet per second 457.505 meters per second
1502 feet per second 457.81 meters per second
1503 feet per second 458.114 meters per second
1504 feet per second 458.419 meters per second
1505 feet per second 458.724 meters per second
1506 feet per second 459.029 meters per second
1507 feet per second 459.334 meters per second
1508 feet per second 459.638 meters per second
1509 feet per second 459.943 meters per second
1510 feet per second 460.248 meters per second