1 foot in cm

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

30.48 cm

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

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

Multiply 12 by 2.54 to get the answer as follows:

1' = 30.48 cm

You can also divide 30.48 by 100 to get the answer in meters:

1' = 0.3048 meters

Feet and Inches in Centimeters
Convert another number of feet and inches to centimeters:

1 foot 1 inch in cm
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Notes:
We multiplied 1 foot by 12, because there are 12 feet in a foot. We multiplied 12 by 2.54, because there are 2.54 centimeters in an inch. We divided 30.48 by 100, because there are 100 centimeters in a meter.