Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from meters per second to feet per second is 3.2808398950131, which means that 1 meter per second is equal to 3.2808398950131 feet per second:
1 m/s = 3.2808398950131 ft/s
To convert 500 meters per second into feet per second we have to multiply 500 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from meters per second to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 m/s → 3.2808398950131 ft/s
500 m/s → V(ft/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:
V(ft/s) = 500 m/s × 3.2808398950131 ft/s
V(ft/s) = 1640.4199475066 ft/s
The final result is:
500 m/s → 1640.4199475066 ft/s
We conclude that 500 meters per second is equivalent to 1640.4199475066 feet per second:
500 meters per second = 1640.4199475066 feet per second
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 0.0006096 × 500 meters per second.
Another way is saying that 500 meters per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0006096 feet per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred meters per second is approximately one thousand six hundred forty point four two feet per second:
500 m/s ≅ 1640.42 ft/s
An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times five hundred meters per second.
Conversion table
meters per second to feet per second chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from meters per second to feet per second
meters per second (m/s) | feet per second (ft/s) |
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501 meters per second | 1643.701 feet per second |
502 meters per second | 1646.982 feet per second |
503 meters per second | 1650.262 feet per second |
504 meters per second | 1653.543 feet per second |
505 meters per second | 1656.824 feet per second |
506 meters per second | 1660.105 feet per second |
507 meters per second | 1663.386 feet per second |
508 meters per second | 1666.667 feet per second |
509 meters per second | 1669.948 feet per second |
510 meters per second | 1673.228 feet per second |