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 9800 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 9800 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

9800 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 9800 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 2987.04 m/s

The final result is:

9800 ft/s → 2987.04 m/s

We conclude that 9800 feet per second is equivalent to 2987.04 meters per second:

9800 feet per second = 2987.04 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 0.00033477958112379 × 9800 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 9800 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033477958112379 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

9800 ft/s ≅ 2987.04 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero times nine thousand eight hundred 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