Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to meters per second is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.3048 meters per second:

1 ft/s = 0.3048 m/s

To convert 540 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 540 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.3048 m/s

540 ft/s → V_(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V_(m/s) = 540 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 164.592 m/s

The final result is:

540 ft/s → 164.592 m/s

We conclude that 540 feet per second is equivalent to 164.592 meters per second:

540 feet per second = 164.592 meters per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter per second is equal to 0.0060756294352095 × 540 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 540 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0060756294352095 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

540 ft/s ≅ 164.592 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero six times five hundred forty feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to meters per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to meters per second