1 foot 16 inches in cm

To convert 1 foot 16 inches to centimeters, we first made it all inches and then multiplied the total number of inches by 2.54 to get the answer:

71.12 cm

To better explain how we did it, here are step-by-step instructions on how to convert 1 foot 16 inches to centimeters:

Convert 1 feet to inches by multiplying 1 by 12, which equals 12.

Add 12 to 16 inches to get a total of 28 inches.

Multiply 28 by 2.54 to get the answer as follows:

1' 16" = 71.12 cm

You can also divide 71.12 by 100 to get the answer in meters:

1' 16" = 0.7112 meters

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Notes:
We multiplied 1 foot by 12, because there are 12 feet in a foot. We multiplied 28 by 2.54, because there are 2.54 centimeters in an inch. We divided 71.12 by 100, because there are 100 centimeters in a meter.