Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to kilometers is 0.0003048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.0003048 kilometers:

1 ft = 0.0003048 km

To convert 842 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 842 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.0003048 km

842 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 842 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.2566416 km

The final result is:

842 ft → 0.2566416 km

We conclude that 842 feet is equivalent to 0.2566416 kilometers:

842 feet = 0.2566416 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 3.8964844358826 × 842 feet.

Another way is saying that 842 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 3.8964844358826 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

842 ft ≅ 0.257 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately three point eight nine six times eight hundred forty-two feet.

Conversion table

feet to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to kilometers