February 13, 2008

How Many Feet In A Mile?

How Many Feet In A Mile you ask me?

In the last couple of days, I’ve heared this question tons and tons of times. And everytime I heared this question I was laughing inside. and was thinking, dude… So, for the people out there, asking: How many feet in a mile? Here it comes, gonna round things up, so this won’t be a scientific answer.

1 Feet = 0,305 Meter
1 Mile = 1609,334 Meter

What we do now is this:

1609,334 (meters in a mile) / 0.305 (feet in a meter) = 5280 Feet in a mile.

There you go. There are 5280 feet in a mile. Please keep in mind, these numbers are rounded up.

Next time you hear the question: How Many Feet In A Mile? Please help the person out by giving him/her the right answer, thank you.