Unit Converter
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 4000 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 4000 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
4000 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 4000 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1219.2 m/s
The final result is:
4000 ft/s → 1219.2 m/s
We conclude that 4000 feet per second is equivalent to 1219.2 meters per second:
4000 feet per second = 1219.2 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 0.00082020997375328 × 4000 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 4000 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00082020997375328 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand feet per second is approximately one thousand two hundred nineteen point two meters per second:
4000 ft/s ≅ 1219.2 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times four thousand 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
feet per second (ft/s) | meters per second (m/s) |
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4001 feet per second | 1219.505 meters per second |
4002 feet per second | 1219.81 meters per second |
4003 feet per second | 1220.114 meters per second |
4004 feet per second | 1220.419 meters per second |
4005 feet per second | 1220.724 meters per second |
4006 feet per second | 1221.029 meters per second |
4007 feet per second | 1221.334 meters per second |
4008 feet per second | 1221.638 meters per second |
4009 feet per second | 1221.943 meters per second |
4010 feet per second | 1222.248 meters per second |