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 49.4 feet into meters we have to multiply 49.4 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

49.4 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 49.4 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 15.05712 m

The final result is:

49.4 ft → 15.05712 m

We conclude that 49.4 feet is equivalent to 15.05712 meters:

49.4 feet = 15.05712 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.066413763056946 × 49.4 feet.

Another way is saying that 49.4 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.066413763056946 meters.

Approximate result

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

49.4 ft ≅ 15.057 m

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