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 956 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 956 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

956 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 956 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 291.3888 m/s

The final result is:

956 ft/s → 291.3888 m/s

We conclude that 956 feet per second is equivalent to 291.3888 meters per second:

956 feet per second = 291.3888 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 0.0034318408943652 × 956 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 956 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0034318408943652 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred fifty-six feet per second is approximately two hundred ninety-one point three eight nine meters per second:

956 ft/s ≅ 291.389 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero three times nine hundred fifty-six 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