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 98 feet into meters we have to multiply 98 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

98 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 98 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 29.8704 m

The final result is:

98 ft → 29.8704 m

We conclude that 98 feet is equivalent to 29.8704 meters:

98 feet = 29.8704 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.033477958112379 × 98 feet.

Another way is saying that 98 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.033477958112379 meters.

Approximate result

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

98 ft ≅ 29.87 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero three three times ninety-eight 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