What is 47mm in Feet?

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What is 47 Millimetres (47mm) in Feet (ft)?

What is 47mm in ft? Convert 47 Millimetres (47mm) to Feet (ft) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Millimetres to Feet

Formula
ft = mm / 304.8
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Feet, divide the number of Millimetres by 304.8
Millimetres (mm) in 1 Foot
There are 304.8 Millimetres in 1 Foot
Feet (ft) in 1 Millimetre
There are 0 Feet in 1 Millimetre

Unit Information

Millimetre
/ˈmɪlɪmiːtə/
Symbol: mm
Unit System: SI

What is the Millimetre?

The millimetre (American spelling millimeter) is a unit of length and is a multiple of the SI unit metre. It uses the symbol mm.

There are 1000 mm in 1 m and 10 mm in 1 cm. From this one can derive that there are 0.03937 in.

The millimetre is sometimes verbally abbreviated to 'mil' - which can cause confusion in the US as there is a unit there that means thousandth of an inch.

Foot
/fʊt/
Symbol: ft
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Foot?

The foot is a unit of length in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol ft.

One foot is exactly equal to 12 inches. It is also exactly equal to 0.3048m. One yard is comprised of three feet.

The foot is just behind the metre in terms of widespread use due to its previous popularity. The US is the only developed country that still uses the foot in preference to the metre.

The UK still uses feet to express human height more than metres.


Conversion Tables for Millimetres (mm) to Feet (ft)