Translate 56 inches into feet

Answer 1

> Divide the number 56 by the number 12 (12 inches equals 1 foot). The answer is 4.66 feet, or 4 feet 6 inches. That answer is incorrect, that is definitely how you find the feet, but not the remaining inches. 56/12 = 4.667 = 4 feet (because there are 12 inches in a foot)

12*4 = 48 (this is how many inches 4 feet is exactly)

56 - 48 = 8 remaining inches

The reason we do this is because 4.6 is a metric measurement, the .6 doesn't mean "6 inches" but "6 tenths". Think of inches to feet as "twelveths", whereas .6 to 1 is "tenths". This would work in the metric world as metric is decimal based, meaning its in tenths. So, your answer is 56 inches is 4' 8" (Four feet, eight inches)