Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to inches is 12, which means that 1 foot is equal to 12 inches:

1 ft = 12 in

To convert 1979 feet into inches we have to multiply 1979 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to inches. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 12 in

1979 ft → L_(in)

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

L_(in) = 1979 ft × 12 in

L_(in) = 23748 in

The final result is:

1979 ft → 23748 in

We conclude that 1979 feet is equivalent to 23748 inches:

1979 feet = 23748 inches

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 inch is equal to 4.2108809162877E-5 × 1979 feet.

Another way is saying that 1979 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 4.2108809162877E-5 inches.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand nine hundred seventy-nine feet is approximately twenty-three thousand seven hundred forty-eight inches:

1979 ft ≅ 23748 in

An alternative is also that one inch is approximately zero times one thousand nine hundred seventy-nine feet.

Conversion table

feet to inches chart

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