Foot
ft
Commonly Used
The foot has been used as a unit of measurement since ancient times. In the modern imperial system, one foot is exactly 12 inches or 304.8 millimeters. It's the standard unit for building specifications and real estate measurements in the US.
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Foot (ft)
The foot has been used as a unit of measurement since ancient times. In the modern imperial system, one foot is exactly 12 inches or 304.8 millimeters. It’s the standard unit for building specifications and real estate measurements in the US.
Characteristics
- Imperial system unit
- 1 foot = 12 inches
- 1 foot = 30.48 cm (exact)
- Common in: architecture, construction, surveying, aviation altitudes
Conversions
- 1 ft = 12 inches
- 1 ft = 30.48 cm
- 1 ft = 304.8 mm
- 1 ft = 0.3048 m
- 1 ft = 0.333333 yards
- 3 ft = 1 yard
- 1 ft = 0.000189394 miles