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 5042 feet into meters we have to multiply 5042 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

5042 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 5042 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 1536.8016 m

The final result is:

5042 ft → 1536.8016 m

We conclude that 5042 feet is equivalent to 1536.8016 meters:

5042 feet = 1536.8016 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.00065070208151787 × 5042 feet.

Another way is saying that 5042 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00065070208151787 meters.

Approximate result

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

5042 ft ≅ 1536.802 m

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