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 56 feet into meters we have to multiply 56 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

56 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 56 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 17.0688 m

The final result is:

56 ft → 17.0688 m

We conclude that 56 feet is equivalent to 17.0688 meters:

56 feet = 17.0688 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.058586426696663 × 56 feet.

Another way is saying that 56 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.058586426696663 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifty-six feet is approximately seventeen point zero six nine meters:

56 ft ≅ 17.069 m

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