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Fathoms to feet

1 fathom in feet
1 ftm = 6 ft
ft = ftm × 6

To convert fathoms to feet, multiply by 6. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

Fathoms to feet table

Common fathom values converted to feet.
Fathoms Feet
1 ftm 6
2 ftm 12
3 ftm 18
4 ftm 24
5 ftm 30
10 ftm 60
15 ftm 90
20 ftm 120
25 ftm 150
30 ftm 180
40 ftm 240
50 ftm 300
75 ftm 450
100 ftm 600
250 ftm 1,500
500 ftm 3,000
1,000 ftm 6,000

How the conversion works

The relationship is ft = ftm × 6. Both units measure length, so the conversion is a fixed factor that never changes. The figure is exact rather than approximate: since the international yard and pound agreement of 1959, an inch is defined as exactly 25.4 millimetres and a pound as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, and every other imperial and US customary unit here is derived from those two.

Foot: Plural is "feet".

Common questions

How many feet are in one fathom?
One fathom equals 6 feet. ft = ftm × 6.
How do you convert fathoms to feet?
Use ft = ftm × 6. So 10 ftm is 60 ft.
How many fathoms are in one foot?
One foot equals 0.16667 fathoms, which is the reverse of the conversion above.
Is there more than one kind of foot?
Plural is "feet".

Related pages

Sources

  1. Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (Public domain (US Government))
  2. The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
  3. Calculated on this page — At One Place

How these figures are compiled and checked