40 feet 20 inches in cm

To convert 40 feet 20 inches to centimeters, we first made it all inches and then multiplied the total number of inches by 2.54 to get the answer:

1270 cm

To better explain how we did it, here are step-by-step instructions on how to convert 40 feet 20 inches to centimeters:

Convert 40 feet to inches by multiplying 40 by 12, which equals 480.

Add 480 to 20 inches to get a total of 500 inches.

Multiply 500 by 2.54 to get the answer as follows:

40' 20" = 1270 cm

You can also divide 1270 by 100 to get the answer in meters:

40' 20" = 12.7 meters

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Notes:
We multiplied 40 feet by 12, because there are 12 feet in a foot. We multiplied 500 by 2.54, because there are 2.54 centimeters in an inch. We divided 1270 by 100, because there are 100 centimeters in a meter.