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Unit of foot
Foot [ft] is a unit of length for the Imperial and US customary system of units. It was historically conceived as the length of a human male foot. Today, it is defined through the meter SI unit as: 1ft = 0.3048m.
Multiple and fraction units of the foot are defined as shown in the table:
| Unit | Symbol | [ft] |
|---|---|---|
| Inch | in | 1/12 |
| Yard | yd | 3 |
| Mile | mi | 5280 |
Unit of inch
Inch [in] is a unit of length for the Imperial and US customary system of units. It was historically conceived as the length of 3 barley-corns. Today, it is defined through the meter SI unit as: 1 in = 0.0254 m (= 2.54 cm = 25.4 mm).
Multiple units of the inch are defined as shown in the table:
| Unit | Symbol | [in] |
|---|---|---|
| Foot | ft | 12 |
| Yard | yd | 36 |
| Mile | mi | 63360 |
How to convert feet to inches
- Multiply distance in [ft] with 12
- The result is the distance in inches [in]
How to convert inches to feet
- Divide distance in [in] by 12
- The result is the distance in feet [ft]
Conversion table from [in] to [ft]
In the following table some typical distances in inches are converted to feet:
| [in] | [ft] |
|---|---|
| 0.5 | 0.04167 |
| 1 | 0.08333 |
| 2 | 0.1667 |
| 3 | 0.25 |
| 5 | 0.4167 |
| 10 | 0.8333 |
| 12 | 1 |
| 20 | 1.667 |
| 30 | 2.5 |
| 50 | 4.167 |
| 100 | 8.333 |
Conversion table from [ft] to [in]
In the following table some typical distances in feet are converted to inches:
| [ft] | [in] |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 36 |
| 5 | 60 |
| 10 | 120 |
| 12 | 144 |
| 20 | 240 |
| 30 | 360 |
| 50 | 600 |
| 100 | 1200 |
| 300 | 3600 |
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