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 3217 feet into meters we have to multiply 3217 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

3217 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 3217 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 980.5416 m

The final result is:

3217 ft → 980.5416 m

We conclude that 3217 feet is equivalent to 980.5416 meters:

3217 feet = 980.5416 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0010198445430566 × 3217 feet.

Another way is saying that 3217 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0010198445430566 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand two hundred seventeen feet is approximately nine hundred eighty point five four two meters:

3217 ft ≅ 980.542 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero one times three thousand two hundred seventeen 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