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 256 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 256 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

256 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 256 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 78.0288 m/s

The final result is:

256 ft/s → 78.0288 m/s

We conclude that 256 feet per second is equivalent to 78.0288 meters per second:

256 feet per second = 78.0288 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 0.012815780839895 × 256 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 256 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.012815780839895 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred fifty-six feet per second is approximately seventy-eight point zero two nine meters per second:

256 ft/s ≅ 78.029 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero one three times two hundred fifty-six 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