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 42.9 feet into meters we have to multiply 42.9 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

42.9 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 42.9 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 13.07592 m

The final result is:

42.9 ft → 13.07592 m

We conclude that 42.9 feet is equivalent to 13.07592 meters:

42.9 feet = 13.07592 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.07647645442921 × 42.9 feet.

Another way is saying that 42.9 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.07647645442921 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-two point nine feet is approximately thirteen point zero seven six meters:

42.9 ft ≅ 13.076 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero seven six times forty-two point nine 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