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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 55 feet into meters we have to multiply 55 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

55 ft → L(m)

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

L(m) = 55 ft × 0.3048 m

L(m) = 16.764 m

The final result is:

55 ft → 16.764 m

We conclude that 55 feet is equivalent to 16.764 meters:

55 feet = 16.764 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.059651634454784 × 55 feet.

Another way is saying that 55 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.059651634454784 meters.

Approximate result

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

55 ft ≅ 16.764 m

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

feet (ft) meters (m)
56 feet 17.069 meters
57 feet 17.374 meters
58 feet 17.678 meters
59 feet 17.983 meters
60 feet 18.288 meters
61 feet 18.593 meters
62 feet 18.898 meters
63 feet 19.202 meters
64 feet 19.507 meters
65 feet 19.812 meters