In today’s modern times many of us come across different ways and forms to express and display length and width of objects, distance or measuring the height of a person.
Governments, local & national business and home owners use standardized meters and feet measurement for rooms, tables and work surfaces giving the width or length of something expressed in a unit of measurement.
You can also have one manufacturer that displays length in feet while another displays length in meters, although remember there’s more than one foot in a meter.
How many feet in a meter: 1 meter = 3.280839895 feet (ft).
1m = 1m x 3.280839895 (ft) = 3.280839895 ft.
Distance in the length in meters (m) is equal to the length in feet x 3.280839895.
Meters to feet formula
Feet (ft) = meter (m) x 3.280839895
How to convert meters to feet examples
Converting meters (m) into feet you multiply the meter number value by 3.280839895 to get the feet measurement numeric value.
Curtain length example
John & Jill wish to replace a curtain that’s 3.4 meters long, what is the length size in feet.
Convert 3.4 (m) meters to feet
We know that 1 meter = 3.280839895
3.4 (m) meters x 3.280839895 = 11.154855643
So 3.4 (m) meters is 11.154855643 feet.
Moving a table 6 meters example
Fred has a coffee table in the large lounge he wants to move 6 (m) meters away from the doorway.
Convert 6 meters to feet
1 meter = 3.280839895
6 (m) meters x 3.280839895 = 19.68503937
So 6 (m) meters conversion into feet is 19.68503937 ft.
Garden length example
Tracey measured her garden length and its 25 meters long. How long is Tracey’s garden in feet?
Convert 25 (m) meters to feet
1 meter = 3.280839895
Formula 25m x 3.280839895
25m x 3.280839895 = 82.020997375 feet (ft) in length.
Work out how many meters (m) in a foot
1 foot = 0.3048 m / foot × 1 foot = 0.3048 meters
1 foot is 0.3048 (m) meters numeric value.
Meters to feet table conversion
| Meters (m) | Feet (ft) | Meters (m) | Feet (ft) | |
| 0.01 m | 0.0328084 ft | |||
| 0.1 m | 0.328084 ft | |||
| 1 m | 3.28084 ft | 1.5 m | 4.9212598425 ft | |
| 2 m | 6.56168 ft | 2.5 m | 8.2020997375 ft | |
| 3 m | 9.84252 ft | 3.5 m | 11.4829396325 ft | |
| 4 m | 13.12336 ft | 4.5 m | 14.7637795275 ft | |
| 5 m | 16.40420 ft | 5.5 m | 18.0446194225 ft | |
| 6 m | 19.68504 ft | 6.5 m | 21.3254593175 ft | |
| 7 m | 22.96588 ft | 7.5 m | 24.6062992125 ft | |
| 8 m | 26.24672 ft | 8.5 m | 27.8871391075 ft | |
| 9 m | 29.52756 ft | 9.5 m | 31.1679790025 ft | |
| 10 m | 32.80840 ft | 15 m | 49.212598425 ft | |
| 20 m | 65.61680 ft | 25 m | 82.020997375 ft | |
| 30 m | 98.42520 ft | 35 m | 114.829396325 ft | |
| 40 m | 131.23360 ft | 45 m | 147.637795275 ft | |
| 50 m | 164.04200 ft | 55 m | 180.446194225 ft | |
| 60 m | 196.85039 ft | 65 m | 213.254593175 ft | |
| 70 m | 229.65879 ft | 75 m | 246.062992125 ft | |
| 80 m | 262.46719 ft | 85 m | 278.871391075 ft | |
| 90 m | 295.27559 ft | 95 m | 311.679790025 ft | |
| 100 m | 328.08399 ft | 105 m | 344.488188975 ft |
Feet measurement usage
The United States uses the imperial measurement system which has feet or foot. In the United Kingdom meters for example is used on the UK passport to state a person’s height and feet is used commonly to state the length of a bed or the height of a wardrobe.