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 5.2 feet into meters we have to multiply 5.2 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

5.2 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 5.2 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 1.58496 m

The final result is:

5.2 ft → 1.58496 m

We conclude that 5.2 feet is equivalent to 1.58496 meters:

5.2 feet = 1.58496 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.63093074904099 × 5.2 feet.

Another way is saying that 5.2 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.63093074904099 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five point two feet is approximately one point five eight five meters:

5.2 ft ≅ 1.585 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point six three one times five point 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