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Facts about Foot
Basic facts: A foot is a unit of length in the US customary and imperial systems of measurement, its symbol is (ft). in 1959, a foot was represented as precisely 0.3048 meters. 1 foot contains 12 inches, and 1 yard is comprised of 3 feet.
History: The measurement of the foot was used in many different systems including the Roman, Greek, English, French and Chinese systems, varying in length between each. This was prior to the standardization of units of measurement, and the definition of the foot presently in use. Historically, parts of the human body were used as a basis for units of length [like the cubit, hand, digit, span, and many others, sometimes called anthropic units], therefore various lengths existed. Compared to the present definition of 304.8 mm, the measurement of a foot varied between 250 mm and 335 mm in the past. The United States is one of the few, countries in which the foot is still used widely. Prior to metrication, many countries used their own version of the foot.
Use: The foot is predominantly used in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, for many daily applications. In the United States, feet, and inches are typically used to measure shorter distances, height, field length [sometimes in the form of yards], etc. Feet are also commonly used to measure altitude [in aviation] as well as elevation [such as that of a mountain]. The international foot corresponds to human feet with shoe size 14 [US male], 13 [UK], 15.5 [US female], or 46 [EU].
Facts about Inch
Basic facts: An inch is a unit of length in the United States customary and British imperial systems of measurement [symbol: in]. It is equivalent to 1/36 yard or 1/12 of a foot, meaning there are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot. In 1959, an inch was defined to be equal to exactly 25.4 millimeters.
History: The word “inch” is derived from the Roman uncia “twelfth”, the term “inch” is also sometimes used to translate similar units in other measurement systems, usually viewed as deriving from the width of the human thumb, where the length was obtained from averaging the width of 3 thumbs: a small, a medium, and a large one.
In the past, there have been a number of various standards for the inch with the present definition being based on the international yard. One of the earlier definitions of the inch was based on barleycorns [where an inch was equivalent to the length of 3 grains of dry, round barley placed end-to-end].
Use: The inch is mainly used in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. It is also sometimes used in Japan and in other countries as well, in relation to electronic parts, such as the size of display screens.
How many inches in a foot?
1 foot is equivalent to 12 inches. Use 12 as the factor to convert feet to inches. Below find some popular feet to inches conversion questions:
- How many inches in 2 feet? 2 feet x 12 = 24 number inches
- How many inches in 3 feet? 3 feet x 12 = 36 number inches
- How many inches in 5 feet? 5 feet x 12 = 60 number inches
- How many inches in 10 feet? 10 feet x 12 = 120 number inches
- How many inches in 20 feet? 20 feet x 12 = 240 number inches
- How many inches in 50 feet? 50 feet x 12 = 600 number inches
- How many inches in 100 feet? 100 feet x 12 = 1200 number inches
- How many inches in 1000 feet? 1000 feet x 12 = 12000 number inches
Feet to Inches Conversion Chart
| Feet | Inches | Feet | Inches | Feet | Inches | Feet | Inches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 26 | 312 | 51 | 612 | 76 | 912 |
| 2 | 24 | 27 | 324 | 52 | 624 | 77 | 924 |
| 3 | 36 | 28 | 336 | 53 | 636 | 78 | 936 |
| 4 | 48 | 29 | 348 | 54 | 648 | 79 | 948 |
| 5 | 60 | 30 | 360 | 55 | 660 | 80 | 960 |
| 6 | 72 | 31 | 372 | 56 | 672 | 81 | 972 |
| 7 | 84 | 32 | 384 | 57 | 684 | 82 | 984 |
| 8 | 96 | 33 | 396 | 58 | 696 | 83 | 996 |
| 9 | 108 | 34 | 408 | 59 | 708 | 84 | 1008 |
| 10 | 120 | 35 | 420 | 60 | 720 | 85 | 1020 |
| 11 | 132 | 36 | 432 | 61 | 732 | 86 | 1032 |
| 12 | 144 | 37 | 444 | 62 | 744 | 87 | 1044 |
| 13 | 156 | 38 | 456 | 63 | 756 | 88 | 1056 |
| 14 | 168 | 39 | 468 | 64 | 768 | 89 | 1068 |
| 15 | 180 | 40 | 480 | 65 | 780 | 90 | 1080 |
| 16 | 192 | 41 | 492 | 66 | 792 | 91 | 1092 |
| 17 | 204 | 42 | 504 | 67 | 804 | 92 | 1104 |
| 18 | 216 | 43 | 516 | 68 | 816 | 93 | 1116 |
| 19 | 228 | 44 | 528 | 69 | 828 | 94 | 1128 |
| 20 | 240 | 45 | 540 | 70 | 840 | 95 | 1140 |
| 21 | 252 | 46 | 552 | 71 | 852 | 96 | 1152 |
| 22 | 264 | 47 | 564 | 72 | 864 | 97 | 1164 |
| 23 | 276 | 48 | 576 | 73 | 876 | 98 | 1176 |
| 24 | 288 | 49 | 588 | 74 | 888 | 99 | 1188 |
| 25 | 300 | 50 | 600 | 75 | 900 | 100 | 1200 |
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