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This conversion shows up most in construction, real estate, and sports. A US contractor receives a European architectural drawing with ceiling heights in meters; a European buyer reads a US property listing with room sizes in feet. Height records in track and field are published in feet for American audiences and meters everywhere else, and the difference matters at the elite level where records are measured in centimeters.
It also appears in everyday home life: bunk bed clearances, curtain rod heights, ceiling fans, and the standard 8-foot US ceiling that becomes 2.44 m in metric plans. Because the foot is exactly defined as 0.3048 meters, the conversion is perfectly accurate, not approximate.
Convert 6 feet 7 inches to meters:
| Feet | Meters | Feet | Meters | Feet | Meters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ft | 0.30 m | 6 ft | 1.83 m | 10 ft | 3.05 m |
| 2 ft | 0.61 m | 6'6" | 1.98 m | 12 ft | 3.66 m |
| 3 ft | 0.91 m | 7 ft | 2.13 m | 15 ft | 4.57 m |
| 4 ft | 1.22 m | 8 ft | 2.44 m | 20 ft | 6.10 m |
| 5 ft | 1.52 m | 9 ft | 2.74 m | 30 ft | 9.14 m |
| 5'5" | 1.65 m | 9'6" | 2.90 m | 40 ft | 12.19 m |
| 5'8" | 1.73 m | 10 ft | 3.05 m | 50 ft | 15.24 m |
| 5'10" | 1.78 m | 11 ft | 3.35 m | 100 ft | 30.48 m |
Exactly 0.3048 meters. The foot has been defined this way internationally since 1959.
6 × 0.3048 = 1.8288 m, normally said as 1.83 m.
5'11" = 71 inches. 71 ÷ 12 = 5.917 ft. 5.917 × 0.3048 = 1.8034 m, about 1.80 m.
Yes. The international foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 m, which is why every converter agrees perfectly.