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 1161 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 1161 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

1161 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 1161 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 353.8728 m/s

The final result is:

1161 ft/s → 353.8728 m/s

We conclude that 1161 feet per second is equivalent to 353.8728 meters per second:

1161 feet per second = 353.8728 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 0.0028258741559114 × 1161 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 1161 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0028258741559114 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

1161 ft/s ≅ 353.873 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero three times one thousand one hundred sixty-one 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