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 6242 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 6242 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

6242 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 6242 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1902.5616 m/s

The final result is:

6242 ft/s → 1902.5616 m/s

We conclude that 6242 feet per second is equivalent to 1902.5616 meters per second:

6242 feet per second = 1902.5616 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 0.00052560716036737 × 6242 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 6242 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00052560716036737 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 two hundred forty-two feet per second is approximately one thousand nine hundred two point five six two meters per second:

6242 ft/s ≅ 1902.562 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times six thousand two hundred forty-two 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