Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to centimeters is 30.48, which means that 1 foot is equal to 30.48 centimeters:

1 ft = 30.48 cm

To convert 9.8 feet into centimeters we have to multiply 9.8 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 30.48 cm

9.8 ft → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 9.8 ft × 30.48 cm

L_(cm) = 298.704 cm

The final result is:

9.8 ft → 298.704 cm

We conclude that 9.8 feet is equivalent to 298.704 centimeters:

9.8 feet = 298.704 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 0.0033477958112379 × 9.8 feet.

Another way is saying that 9.8 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0033477958112379 centimeters.

Approximate result

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

9.8 ft ≅ 298.704 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero point zero zero three times nine point eight feet.

Conversion table

feet to centimeters chart

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