Question

Medal
Find the height of a person who is 1.85 m tall, in feet and inches, rounded to the nearest inch (NOTE: 1 foot = 12 inches).
ft. in.

Answer 1

one approach
first we need to know what is the conversion factor between ft and meter?
then use that to determine
1.85 m = how many ft?
convert any fraction of a ft to ins using the given 12 ins =1 ft

Answer 2

http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/feet-to-meters.htm
In 1959 the international yard and pound agreement (between the United States and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations) defined a yard as being exactly 0.9144 metres, which in turn defined the foot as being exactly 0.3048 metres (304.8 mm).