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 25.4 centimeters into feet we have to multiply 25.4 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

25.4 cm → L_(ft)

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

L_(ft) = 25.4 cm × 0.032808398950131 ft

L_(ft) = 0.83333333333333 ft

The final result is:

25.4 cm → 0.83333333333333 ft

We conclude that 25.4 centimeters is equivalent to 0.83333333333333 feet:

25.4 centimeters = 0.83333333333333 feet

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot is equal to 1.2 × 25.4 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 25.4 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.2 feet.

Approximate result

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

25.4 cm ≅ 0.833 ft

An alternative is also that one foot is approximately one point two times twenty-five point four 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