Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to miles is 0.00018939393939394, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.00018939393939394 miles:

1 ft = 0.00018939393939394 mi

To convert 242 feet into miles we have to multiply 242 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to miles. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.00018939393939394 mi

242 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 242 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 0.045833333333333 mi

The final result is:

242 ft → 0.045833333333333 mi

We conclude that 242 feet is equivalent to 0.045833333333333 miles:

242 feet = 0.045833333333333 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 21.818181818182 × 242 feet.

Another way is saying that 242 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 21.818181818182 miles.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred forty-two feet is approximately zero point zero four six miles:

242 ft ≅ 0.046 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately twenty-one point eight one eight times two hundred forty-two feet.

Conversion table

feet to miles chart

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