If my height is 178cm, then am I 6 feet or 5 feet 10 inches?

For changing centimetres into feet first, we need to change centimetres to inches and then convert inches into feet. We require to know how many centimetres are in an inch and how many inches are in afoot for making these conversions.

It is pretty easy to calculate from meters to feet if you know certain basics. The first thing to spot is that one inch equals 2.54 centimetres. Hence for converting feet into inches, you need to multiply 2.54 by the conversion factor. A conversion factor is a ratio of one unit to the other, set up as a fraction.

The second important thing to learn is that 12 inches are there in one foot. For example, if you convert centimetres into inches, ten inches should be kept in the numerator, and centimetres should always be the denominator of the fraction.

For knowing if 178cm is 5.10 inches or 6ft, let us calculate it step by step. The answer to this is 5 ft 10.079

First, convert centimetre into inches:

5ft and 10 inches
For converting ft. into inches= 5/1 *12/1= 60inches

Therefore, 60+10.079 = 70.079 inches

70.079/1 * 2.540/1 =  178.
Hence the answer is that 178cm is equalled to 5.10.79 inches.

Here is the table for you so that you can check the other height conversion from centimetres to feet: