56 feet in meters

Result

The conversion result is: 56 feet is equivalent to 17.0688 meters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 56 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 / 56 ft = 0.3048 m / x m

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

x m = (56 ft / 1 ft) * 0.3048 m → x m = 17.0688 m

Conclusion:

56 ft = 17.0688 m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 0.0585864266966629 times 56 feet.

It can also be expressed as: 56 feet is equal to 1 / 0.0585864266966629 meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: fifty-six feet is about seventeen point zero seven meters, or alternatively, a meter is about zero point zero six times fifty-six feet.