ft to um Converter - Foot to Micrometer

Conversion derivation

Express both ft and um in the same base unit m (meter), then cancel the shared base unit.

1. 1

   Rewrite ft in the base unit

   $$1\mathrm{ft}=0.3048\mathrm{m}$$
2. 2

   Rewrite um in the base unit

   $$1\mathrm{um}=0.000001\mathrm{m}$$
3. 3

   Forward conversion

   $$\begin{array}{rl}1\mathrm{ft}& =\frac{0.3048\cancel{\mathrm{m}}}{0.000001\cancel{\mathrm{m}}}\times 1\mathrm{um}\\ & =\frac{0.3048}{0.000001}\mathrm{um}\\ & =304,800\mathrm{um}\end{array}$$
4. 4

   Reverse conversion

   $$\begin{array}{rl}1\mathrm{um}& =\frac{0.000001\cancel{\mathrm{m}}}{0.3048\cancel{\mathrm{m}}}\times 1\mathrm{ft}\\ & =\frac{0.000001}{0.3048}\mathrm{ft}\\ & =0.00000328084\mathrm{ft}\end{array}$$