Alright, so yesterday, I had a task that required me to figure out “how tall is 2.08 meters in feet”. I know nothing about that. You know, I’m used to using meters and centimeters, not feet and inches. Those imperial units always confuse me.
First, I googled “2.08 meters in feet” to get a general idea. The results showed me that it’s around 6.82 feet, or about 6 feet and 9.9 inches. That was a good start, but I wanted to understand how they got that number.
I found out that 1 meter is roughly 3.28 feet. Okay, that made sense. So, to convert 2.08 meters to feet, I just needed to multiply 2.08 by 3.28. I grabbed my calculator and did the math.
- 2.08 meters 3.28 feet/meter = 6.8224 feet
That’s how I got 6.82 feet. But I also saw that people like to express height in feet and inches. To do that, I realized I had to convert the decimal part (0.8224) into inches. I learned that 1 foot is equal to 12 inches. So, I multiplied 0.8224 by 12.
- 0.8224 feet 12 inches/foot = 9.8688 inches
That gave me approximately 9.9 inches. So, combining the whole feet and the inches, I figured 2.08 meters is about 6 feet and 9.9 inches.
Conclusion
It was a fun little exercise. Now I know that 2.08 meters is roughly 6.82 feet or 6 feet and 9.9 inches. This converting thing isn’t so bad after all, It’s kind of like a puzzle. All you need to know is to find the relationship between these units.
