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Foot to Metre

Inch, foot and mile use fixed factors. Errors usually come from early rounding or from mixing land miles and nautical miles.

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What do you want to convert?

From1 ft

Result0.3048 m

Factor1 ft = 0.3048 m

Source basisBIPM SI Brochure · NIST Guide to SI Appendix B

Examples

011 ft = 0.3048 m

Example value from the reference table. Internal calculation uses stored factors; display output is rounded.

02Common mistake

Inch, foot and mile use fixed factors. Errors usually come from early rounding or from mixing land miles and nautical miles.

03Base unit: m

1 ft = 0.3048 m. Then the value is converted through the base unit m into Metre.

Table

Foot	Metre
1	0.3048
3	0.9144
6	1.8288
10	3.048
30	9.144

Formula

1 ft = 0.3048 m. Then the value is converted through the base unit m into Metre.

Sources

BIPM SI BrochureSI base units, prefixes and official SI context.NIST Guide to SI Appendix BNIST conversion-factor method and non-SI factors.

Related conversions

Inch to Centimetrein → cmLength Centimetre to Inchcm → inLength Metre to Footm → ftLength Mile to Kilometremi → kmLength Kilometre to Milekm → miLength Nautical mile to Kilometrenmi → kmLength

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Factor origin

Factors come from the stored source family and are not derived from rounded display values.

Rounding rule

UnitCloud keeps calculating with stored factors and rounds only the displayed output by selected precision.

When not to use

Do not use as the sole basis for official, medical, safety-critical or contractual decisions.

Citation

Citation note: UnitCloud, conversion with formula, sources current as of May 2026. Length. Source basis: BIPM SI Brochure · NIST Guide to SI Appendix B.

Common questions

What is the factor for Foot to Metre?

1 ft = 0.3048 m

Which formula does Foot to Metre use?

1 ft = 0.3048 m. Then the value is converted through the base unit m into Metre.

When should I verify the result?

Do not use as the sole basis for official, medical, safety-critical or contractual decisions.