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 842.2 feet into meters we have to multiply 842.2 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

842.2 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 842.2 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 256.70256 m

The final result is:

842.2 ft → 256.70256 m

We conclude that 842.2 feet is equivalent to 256.70256 meters:

842.2 feet = 256.70256 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0038955591249265 × 842.2 feet.

Another way is saying that 842.2 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0038955591249265 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight hundred forty-two point two feet is approximately two hundred fifty-six point seven zero three meters:

842.2 ft ≅ 256.703 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero four times eight hundred forty-two point two 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