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 478 feet into meters we have to multiply 478 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

478 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 478 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 145.6944 m

The final result is:

478 ft → 145.6944 m

We conclude that 478 feet is equivalent to 145.6944 meters:

478 feet = 145.6944 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0068636817887304 × 478 feet.

Another way is saying that 478 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0068636817887304 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred seventy-eight feet is approximately one hundred forty-five point six nine four meters:

478 ft ≅ 145.694 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero seven times four hundred seventy-eight 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