40 feet in meters

Result

The conversion result is: 40 feet is equivalent to 12.192 meters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 40 feet to meters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 ft = 0.3048 m.

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of meters.

1 ft / 40 ft = 0.3048 m / x m

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x m = (40 ft / 1 ft) * 0.3048 m → x m = 12.192 m

Conclusion:

40 ft = 12.192 m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 0.0820209973753281 times 40 feet.

It can also be expressed as: 40 feet is equal to 1 / 0.0820209973753281 meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty feet is about twelve point one eight meters, or alternatively, a meter is about zero point zero eight times forty feet.