Inches to feet / feet+inches- fractional and decimal format

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 SI meter [m], as: 1 in = 0.0254 m.

Here are several common units of length converted to feet:

Unit	Symbol	Inches [in]
Foot	ft	12
Yard	yd	36
Mile	mi	63360
Meter	m	≈39.37

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 SI meter [m], as: 1ft = 0.3048m.

Here are several common units of length converted to feet:

Unit	Symbol	feet [ft]
Inch	in	1/12
Yard	yd	3
Mile	mi	5280
Meter	m	≈3.281

How to convert feet to inches

Multiply distance in feet with 12
The result is the distance in inches

For example to convert 3 feet to inches: 3\times 12 = 363\times 12 = 36 in

Conversion chart - feet to inches

The following chart can be used to convert from feet to inches. A typical yellow cell in the table gives the conversion in inches for X.Y feet, (a decimal number) defined as:

X (whole feet) given in the 1st cell of the row
Y (decimal part) given in column head

feet to inches
ft	0	0.05	.10	.20	0.25	.30	.40	.50	.60	.70	.75	.80	.90	ft
0	0	0.004167	0.008333	0.01667	0.02083	0.025	0.03333	0.04167	0.05	0.05833	0.0625	0.06667	0.075	0
1	0.08333	0.0875	0.09167	0.1	0.1042	0.1083	0.1167	0.125	0.1333	0.1417	0.1458	0.15	0.1583	1
2	0.1667	0.1708	0.175	0.1833	0.1875	0.1917	0.2	0.2083	0.2167	0.225	0.2292	0.2333	0.2417	2
3	0.25	0.2542	0.2583	0.2667	0.2708	0.275	0.2833	0.2917	0.3	0.3083	0.3125	0.3167	0.325	3
4	0.3333	0.3375	0.3417	0.35	0.3542	0.3583	0.3667	0.375	0.3833	0.3917	0.3958	0.4	0.4083	4
5	0.4167	0.4208	0.425	0.4333	0.4375	0.4417	0.45	0.4583	0.4667	0.475	0.4792	0.4833	0.4917	5
6	0.5	0.5042	0.5083	0.5167	0.5208	0.525	0.5333	0.5417	0.55	0.5583	0.5625	0.5667	0.575	6
7	0.5833	0.5875	0.5917	0.6	0.6042	0.6083	0.6167	0.625	0.6333	0.6417	0.6458	0.65	0.6583	7
8	0.6667	0.6708	0.675	0.6833	0.6875	0.6917	0.7	0.7083	0.7167	0.725	0.7292	0.7333	0.7417	8
9	0.75	0.7542	0.7583	0.7667	0.7708	0.775	0.7833	0.7917	0.8	0.8083	0.8125	0.8167	0.825	9
10	0.8333	0.8375	0.8417	0.85	0.8542	0.8583	0.8667	0.875	0.8833	0.8917	0.8958	0.9	0.9083	10
11	0.9167	0.9208	0.925	0.9333	0.9375	0.9417	0.95	0.9583	0.9667	0.975	0.9792	0.9833	0.9917	11
12	1	1.004	1.008	1.017	1.021	1.025	1.033	1.042	1.05	1.058	1.063	1.067	1.075	12
20	1.667	1.671	1.675	1.683	1.688	1.692	1.7	1.708	1.717	1.725	1.729	1.733	1.742	20
50	4.167	4.171	4.175	4.183	4.188	4.192	4.2	4.208	4.217	4.225	4.229	4.233	4.242	50
ft	0	0.05	.10	.20	0.25	.30	.40	.50	.60	.70	.75	.80	.90	ft
1 foot = 12 in

How to use the above chart

Let's say that we want to convert 4.2 feet to inches. First we select the row starting with 4. Then, we look for the column having .20 at its head. The selected cell has a value of 50.4. Therefore, we conclude that 4.2 feet are equal to 50.4 inches.