5 meters in feet

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 meters to feet?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{m}\approx 3.2808399\mathrm{ft}$

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

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

Conclusion: 5 ⁢ m ≈ 16.4041995 ⁢ ft

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 foot is equal to 0.06096 times 5 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 5 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.06096}}$ feet.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five meters is about sixteen point three nine feet, or alternatively, a foot is about zero point zero six times five meters.