Question

How many kilometers are in 26044 feet

Answer 1

Answer: 7.938 kilometers

Many conversion factors are difficult to remember. Feet to meters would fall into this category. An alternate method to perform this conversion is to use multiple easily remembered steps.

1 foot = 12 inches

1 inch = 2.54 centimeters

100 centimeters = 1 meter

Using these steps we can express a distance in meters from feet as:

distance in m = (distance in ft) x (12 in/1 ft) x (2.54 cm/1 in) x (1 m/100 cm)

distance in m = (distance in ft) x 0.3048 m/ft

Note this gives the same conversion factor as above. The only thing to watch out for is for the intermediate units to cancel out.