Distance Conversion Calculator

Basic Calculator

Calculators

Converters

Convert Distance

From:

To:

↕

Value to Convert

Answer:

= 3.2808399 ft

Multiply by 3.281
for quick conversions

m × 3.281 = ft

Solution

To convert m to ft, use the conversion factor

1 m = 3.2808399 ft

Then divide both sides of the equation by m, to get the conversion ratio

1 = 3.2808399 ft / m

Using the conversion ratio to complete the unit conversion, basically multiplying the input by 1, the m units cancel out, and we are left with ft units.

1 m × 3.2808399 ft / m
= 3.2808399 ft

How could this calculator be better?

Share this Answer Link: help
Paste this link in email, text or social media.

Get a Widget for this Calculator

Calculator Use

Conversions of length and distance are performed by using a conversion factor. By knowing the conversion factor, converting between units can become a simple multiplication problem:

S * C = E

Where S is our starting value, C is our conversion factor, and E is our end converted result.

To simply convert from any unit into meters, for example, from 50 centimeters, just multiply by the conversion value in the right column in the table below.

50 cm * 0.01 [ (m) / (cm) ] = 0.5 m

To convert from meters into units in the left column divide by the value in the right column or, multiply by the reciprocal, 1/x.

0.5 m / 0.01[ (m) / (cm) ] = 50 cm

To convert among any units in the left column, say from A to B, you can multiply by the factor for A to convert A into m then divide by the factor for B to convert out of m. Or, you can find the single factor you need by dividing the A factor by the B factor.

For example, to convert from centimeters to inches you would multiply by 0.01 then divide by 0.0254. Or, multiply by 0.01/0.0254 = 0.3937007. So, to convert directly from cm to in you multiply by 0.3937007.

Another way to look at it is that conversions are performed by multiplying the value to convert by the ratio of 1 input unit in meters to 1 output unit in meters. For example, to convert inch to mile: 1 inch = 0.0254 meters; 1 mile = 1609.344 meters. The ratio of 0.0254 (meter/inch)/ 1609.344 (meter/mile) = 1.5783e-5 mile/inch. The formula for converting 2345 inches to miles is [ 2345 inches * 1.5783e-5 mile/inch = 0.037011 miles ].

Units, symbols and conversion values
used in this distance & length calculator

To Convert from
Unit

Unit
Symbol

and Convert to
( m )

Multiply by
( m / Unit )

mil (0.001 in)

mil

meter

0.0000254

inch

meter

0.0254

foot

meter

0.3048

yard

meter

0.9144

mile

meter

1609.344

capefoot

meter

0.314856

rod

meter

5.0292

angstrom

meter

1E-10

nanometer

meter

0.000000001

micron

meter

0.000001

millimeter

meter

0.001

centimeter

meter

0.01

meter

kilometer

meter

1000

light-year

l.y.

meter

9,460,730,472,580,800

light-day

meter

25,902,068,371,200

light-hour

meter

1,079,252,848,800

light-minute

meter

17,987,547,480

light-second

meter

299,792,458

References/ Further Reading

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The NIST Guide for the use of the International System of Units - Appendix B, subsections B.8 Factors for Units Listed Alphabetically and B.9 Factors for Units Listed by Kind of Quantity or Field of Science.

Lide, David R., Daniel (Editor-in-Chief). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 89th Edition New York, NY: CRC Press, p. 1-28, 2008.

Wikipedia contributors. "Conversion of units" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, last visited 26 Jun. 2011.

How Many? A dictionary of units of measurement at http://www.ibiblio.org/units/ accessed 2023-07-25