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Feet and Millimeters

Feet and millimeters are both units of length, used in different measurement systems.

Feet is a unit of length in the imperial and American measurement system, and is widely used in countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom. The symbol for feet is 'ft' or ′. A foot is divided into 12 inches and is exactly 0.3048 meters according to the international convention of 1959, making it a common unit for measuring relatively short distances.

Millimeters, on the other hand, is a metric unit of length. It is one thousandth of a meter, which is the basic length measure in the international system of units (SI). The symbol for millimeter is 'mm'. It is commonly used for measuring small lengths in most parts of the world, except for the United States, where the imperial system is still used.

The conversion from feet to millimeters and vice versa is simple if you know the right conversion factor. There are 304.8 millimeters in a foot.

1 foot = 304.8 millimeters

Conversely, if you want to know the number of feet based on the number of millimeters, you would divide the number of millimeters by 304.8.

1 millimeter = 0.00328084 foot

Here is a conversion table between feet and millimeters: