Converters inches feet

If you have a figure in inches and you wish to convert it to feet and inches, try the following:. Note that you can convert cm to feet and inches here. There are 12 inches in one foot.

So, the calculation leaves us with 5 whole feet plus the extra 11 inches. If you want to know how to represent these figures in documentation, read our article on how to write feet and inches. This equates to a height of just over cm , in a metric unit equivalent. To see feet and inch conversions for a larger range of heights, take a look at our height chart. If you have any problems using this inches to feet converter, please contact me.

Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between inches and feet. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units! You can do the reverse unit conversion from feet to inches , or enter any two units below:. An inch is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units.

There are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot. Use of the inch can be traced back as far as the 7th century. The first explicit definition we could find of its length was after when it was defined as the length of three barleycorns.

This was not a satisfactory reference as barleycorn lengths vary naturally. The British Standards Institute defined the inch as