Foot to Meters Formula

Foot to Meters Formula is an important length conversion formula. And before going to know what is foot to meters formula, let us first recall what is a foot and what is a meter. Meter and foot are the units of length. Meter is a unit of length in the metric system. In 1959, an agreement was made between the United States and states of the Commonwealth of Nations, and this agreement defined several conversions. One such conversion is 1 foot = 0.3048 meters. The foot to meters formula is used to convert the length in US units of foot/feet to the international SI units of meters.

What is Foot to Meters Formula?

By using the above conversion, the foot to meters formula is as follows. For the given n units of foot measurement, we need to multiply it with 0.3048 to obtain the value in meters.

n feet  = n × 0.3048 meters

Let us check out a few solved examples below on Foot to Meters Formula.

Examples on Foot to Meters Formula

Example 1: The length of a square is 4 ft. What is its length in meters? Round off your answer to two decimals.

Solution:

To find: The length of the square in meters.

By the foot to meters formula,

1 foot = 0.3048 meters

Length of the square in meters

= 4 ft × 0.3048

= 1.2192 meters

Answer: The length of the square = 1.22 meters (rounded to two decimals).

Example 2: The dimensions of a rectangle are 3 ft × 5 ft. Find its area in square meters (rounded to two decimals).

Solution:

To find: The area of the given rectangle in square meters.

First, we convert the dimensions into meters by using the formula of the foot to meters:

The length of the rectangle = 5 ft = 5 × 0.3048 = 1.524 meters.

The width of the rectangle = 3 ft = 3 × 0.3048 = 0.9144 meters.

Area of the rectangle = 1.524 × 0.9144 = 1.3935456

Answer: The area of the given rectangle = 1.39 square meters (rounded to two decimals).