500 feet in centimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 500 feet to centimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{ft}=30.48\mathrm{cm}$

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

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

Conclusion: 500 ⁢ ft = 15240.0 ⁢ cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 6.56167979002625e-05 times 500 feet.

It can also be expressed as: 500 feet is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{6.56167979002625e-05}}$ centimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five hundred feet is about fifteen thousand, two hundred and forty centimeters, or alternatively, a centimeter is about zero times five hundred feet.