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 42 feet into meters we have to multiply 42 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 ft → L(m)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:
L(m) = 42 ft × 0.3048 m
L(m) = 12.8016 m
The final result is:
42 ft → 12.8016 m
We conclude that 42 feet is equivalent to 12.8016 meters:
42 feet = 12.8016 meters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.078115235595551 × 42 feet.
Another way is saying that 42 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.078115235595551 meters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-two feet is approximately twelve point eight zero two meters:
42 ft ≅ 12.802 m
An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero seven eight times forty-two 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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43 feet | 13.106 meters |
44 feet | 13.411 meters |
45 feet | 13.716 meters |
46 feet | 14.021 meters |
47 feet | 14.326 meters |
48 feet | 14.63 meters |
49 feet | 14.935 meters |
50 feet | 15.24 meters |
51 feet | 15.545 meters |
52 feet | 15.85 meters |