Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to inches is 12, which means that 1 foot is equal to 12 inches:

1 ft = 12 in

To convert 9997 feet into inches we have to multiply 9997 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to inches. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 12 in

9997 ft → L_(in)

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

L_(in) = 9997 ft × 12 in

L_(in) = 119964 in

The final result is:

9997 ft → 119964 in

We conclude that 9997 feet is equivalent to 119964 inches:

9997 feet = 119964 inches

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 inch is equal to 8.3358340835584E-6 × 9997 feet.

Another way is saying that 9997 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 8.3358340835584E-6 inches.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine thousand nine hundred ninety-seven feet is approximately one hundred nineteen thousand nine hundred sixty-four inches:

9997 ft ≅ 119964 in

An alternative is also that one inch is approximately zero times nine thousand nine hundred ninety-seven feet.