Meters to Feet
One meter is about 3.2808 feet. Convert either way for height, room and building dimensions, land area sides, and any measurement written in the system you do not use day to day.
Your numbers
Result
- Unit
- feet
| Meters | Feet |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3.28 |
| 2 | 6.56 |
| 5 | 16.4 |
| 10 | 32.81 |
| 50 | 164.04 |
| 100 | 328.08 |
How to convert
To go from meters to feet, multiply by 3.2808: 10 m × 3.2808 ≈ 32.8 ft. To reverse, divide by 3.2808. The foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 m, so the conversion carries no rounding error of its own.
Feet and inches
Feet rarely come out whole. To turn the decimal into inches, multiply the fractional part by 12: 32.8 ft is 32 ft plus 0.8 × 12 ≈ 10 inches, so about 32 ft 10 in. There are 3 feet in a yard and 5,280 feet in a mile.
Frequently asked questions
Sources
- International foot definition (exactly 0.3048 m)
- NIST — Office of Weights and Measures
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