Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from feet to meters is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meters:
1 ft = 0.3048 m
To convert 3 feet into meters we have to multiply 3 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 ft → 0.3048 m
3 ft → L(m)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:
L(m) = 3 ft × 0.3048 m
L(m) = 0.9144 m
The final result is:
3 ft → 0.9144 m
We conclude that 3 feet is equivalent to 0.9144 meters:
3 feet = 0.9144 meters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 1.0936132983377 × 3 feet.
Another way is saying that 3 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0936132983377 meters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three feet is approximately zero point nine one four meters:
3 ft ≅ 0.914 m
An alternative is also that one meter is approximately one point zero nine four times three feet.
Conversion table
feet to meters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to meters
feet (ft) | meters (m) |
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4 feet | 1.219 meters |
5 feet | 1.524 meters |
6 feet | 1.829 meters |
7 feet | 2.134 meters |
8 feet | 2.438 meters |
9 feet | 2.743 meters |
10 feet | 3.048 meters |
11 feet | 3.353 meters |
12 feet | 3.658 meters |
13 feet | 3.962 meters |