Today, I needed to know how many feet are in 1.74 meters. I really needed to figure out this conversion, so I did some digging.
First, I grabbed my phone and searched for a simple conversion rate. I found out that 1 meter is roughly equal to 3.28 feet. That was a good starting point.
Then, I remembered a basic formula: to convert meters to feet, you just multiply the number of meters by 3.2808399. It’s a bit more precise than just 3.28. Okay, so I took my calculator and punched in 1.74 times 3.2808399.
- 1.74 meters 3.2808399 = 5.708661426 feet
So, 1.74 meters is about 5.71 feet. But I also wanted to know that in feet and inches, just to be extra clear. I stumbled upon another website that said 1.74 meters equals 5 feet and 8.5 inches. But, I want to be the one that concludes the result, so I calculated it.
Calculating the Inches
I already knew that 1.74 meters is approximately 5.708 feet. I also know that 0.708 is a fraction of a whole foot, I just need to convert this part to inches. I also found that 1 foot is equal to 12 inches. So, I multiplied the decimal part, which is 0.708 by 12.
- 0.708 feet 12 inches/foot = 8.496 inches
We can round this to 8.5 inches. That seemed pretty consistent with other numbers I had seen.
Finally, I put it all together. 1.74 meters is roughly 5 feet and 8.5 inches. It’s good to know both the decimal feet and the feet and inches, depending on what you need.
That’s it. I figured out the conversion and learned a couple of different ways to look at it. Now I can confidently say that 1.74 meters is about 5.71 feet or 5 feet and 8.5 inches.
