56 feet in meters

Conversion formula
How to convert 56 feet to meters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{ft}=0.3048\mathrm{m}$

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

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

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 $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0585864266966629}}$ 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.