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 790 feet into meters we have to multiply 790 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

790 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 790 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 240.792 m

The final result is:

790 ft → 240.792 m

We conclude that 790 feet is equivalent to 240.792 meters:

790 feet = 240.792 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0041529618924217 × 790 feet.

Another way is saying that 790 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0041529618924217 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven hundred ninety feet is approximately two hundred forty point seven nine two meters:

790 ft ≅ 240.792 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero four times seven hundred ninety 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