What is 179 cm in feet and inches?
How to transform 179 cm into feet plus inches?
179 cm equals 5 feet and 10 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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179 cm equals 5 feet and 10 inches
To convert from centimeters to feet and inches, multiply the value in centimeters (179) by 3.28 to get: 1.79 m x 3.28 = 5.8727 feet.
Take the decimal part of 5.8727 (0.8727) then multiply it by 12 to turn it into inches. So, 0.8727 foot x 12 = 10.4724 inches. Finally, add this value to the integer part of 5.8727 (5) to get:
1.79 cm = 5.9 feet = 5 feet and 10 inches (*)