How Many Centimeters Equals 1 Foot

Introduction

The most basic metric unit to measure the length is a millimeter or mm. There are also many other units, such as feet, inches, etc.

A foot is equal to 12 inches or one-third of a yard. It is also written as ‘ft’.

Feet are also used to measure small distances, elevations, etc.

So one foot will be equal to how many centimeters? Let’s Explore the answer.

One foot equals how many centimeters?

The answer is one foot is equal to 30.48 cm. Both feet and centimeters are units to measure the length and distance between objects and places. Sometimes, 1 foot is written as 1` using the prime symbol.

1 ft = 30.48cm

The conversion from ft to cm

As we know, one foot equals 30.48 cm. So to convert feet to cm, all we can do is to put the value of given feet into the following equation

\begin{equation}

\mathrm{Cm}=\text { Feet } \times 30.48 \mathrm{~cm}

\end{equation}

Conversion table

Solved Questions:

Example 1: Convert 5 Feet in cm

Sol: Since 1 foot = 30.48 cm.

Therefore,

\begin{equation}

5 \text { Feet }=5 \times 30.48 \mathrm{~cm}=152.40 \mathrm{~cm}

\end{equation}

Hence, 5 Feet in cm are equivalent to 152.40 Centimeters.

Example 2: Convert 4.8 Feet in cm

Sol: As we know, cm = Feet x 30.48 cm,

Therefore,

\begin{equation}

4.8 \text { Feet in } \mathrm{cm}=4.8 \times 30.48 \mathrm{~cm}=146.304 \mathrm{~cm} \text {. }

\end{equation}

Example 3: Convert 5.12 Feet in cm

Sol: Using the conversion formula, we will get-

\begin{equation}

5.12 \text { feet in } \mathrm{CM}=5.12 \times 30.48=156.0576 \text {. }

\end{equation}

Therefore, 5.12 ft is equivalent to 156.0576 cm.