What is 159 cm in feet and inches?
How to transform 159 cm into feet plus inches?
159 cm equals 5 feet and 2.6 inches. See details below.
Cm / m to Feet and Inches Converter
(*) The results above may be appoximate because, in some cases, we are rounding to 2 significant figures.
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159 cm equals 5 feet and 2.6 inches
To convert from centimeters to feet and inches, multiply the value in centimeters (159) by 3.28 to get: 1.59 m x 3.28 = 5.21654 feet.
Take the decimal part of 5.21654 (0.21654) then multiply it by 12 to turn it into inches. So, 0.21654 foot x 12 = 2.59848 inches. Finally, add this value to the integer part of 5.21654 (5) to get:
1.59 cm = 5.2 feet = 5 feet and 2.6 inches (*)