Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to feet is 0.032808398950131, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.032808398950131 feet:

1 cm = 0.032808398950131 ft

To convert 21.5 centimeters into feet we have to multiply 21.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to feet. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 0.032808398950131 ft

21.5 cm → L_(ft)

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

L_(ft) = 21.5 cm × 0.032808398950131 ft

L_(ft) = 0.70538057742782 ft

The final result is:

21.5 cm → 0.70538057742782 ft

We conclude that 21.5 centimeters is equivalent to 0.70538057742782 feet:

21.5 centimeters = 0.70538057742782 feet

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot is equal to 1.4176744186047 × 21.5 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 21.5 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.4176744186047 feet.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty-one point five centimeters is approximately zero point seven zero five feet:

21.5 cm ≅ 0.705 ft

An alternative is also that one foot is approximately one point four one eight times twenty-one point five centimeters.

Conversion table

centimeters to feet chart

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