Unit Converter
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 6000 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 6000 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
6000 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 6000 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1828.8 m/s
The final result is:
6000 ft/s → 1828.8 m/s
We conclude that 6000 feet per second is equivalent to 1828.8 meters per second:
6000 feet per second = 1828.8 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 0.00054680664916885 × 6000 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 6000 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00054680664916885 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that six thousand feet per second is approximately one thousand eight hundred twenty-eight point eight meters per second:
6000 ft/s ≅ 1828.8 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times six thousand 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
feet per second (ft/s) | meters per second (m/s) |
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6001 feet per second | 1829.105 meters per second |
6002 feet per second | 1829.41 meters per second |
6003 feet per second | 1829.714 meters per second |
6004 feet per second | 1830.019 meters per second |
6005 feet per second | 1830.324 meters per second |
6006 feet per second | 1830.629 meters per second |
6007 feet per second | 1830.934 meters per second |
6008 feet per second | 1831.238 meters per second |
6009 feet per second | 1831.543 meters per second |
6010 feet per second | 1831.848 meters per second |