Foot to Centimeter Unit Converter - 1 Foot in Centimeter
This calculator allows you to convert from Foot to Centimeter and in a reverse direction. To convert from Foot to Centimeter, enter the amount of Foot into the first input and to convert from Centimeter to Foot, enter the amount of Centimeter into the second input.
1 Foot = 30.48 Centimeter
Foot to Centimeter?
How to convert from Foot to Centimeter?
To convert Foot to Centimeter: Every 1 Foot equals 30.48 Centimeter. For example, 100 Foot equal 100 * 30.48 = 3048 Centimeter and so on..
Foot is a common unit of length. Its abbreviation is "ft". In the past, human body was the base from which length units were derived. Foot is an important unit in the US customary systems of measurement.
English, Chinese, and French and some other systems use foot for length measurement.
In general, foot ranges from a quarter to a third of a meter depending on the system used.
The fact is that the international foot is the most commonly used nowadays which equals 12 inches.
Centimeter
All of us use rulers everyday. Rulers are digitized in centimeters, but what is the centimeter?
Centimeter is a metric unit which is used mostly to measure small distances. Centimeter can be abbreviated as "CM." One inch consists of 2.54 centimeters.
There is a french origion for the word "centimeter". It came from 2 Latin words, "centum" and " mètre".