1 meter to mm
- how long is a metre in cm
- = 100 centimeters
Mm to cm...
m to cm
The formula to convert meters to centimeters is:
or
Below are two examples: an m to cm example and a cm to m example.
Examples
1.
Convert 24.8 m to cm:
24.8 × 100 = 2480 cm
2. 886.7 cm to m:
886.7 ÷ 100 = 8.867 m
What is a meter
A meter is a measurement of length in the International System of Units (SI).
1 cm to mm
It is the base unit of length in SI, which means that other SI measurements of length are related to the meter by a given power of 10 as indicated by the prefix.
Meter definition
The meter (m) is defined as the distance traveled by light in of a second.
History of the meter
The definition of the meter has changed a number of times over the course of history.
In 1793, the meter was defined as one ten-millionth of the distance between the equator and the North Pole. In 1889, a prototype meter bar was fabricated from a combination of platinum and iridium, and the meter was defined as the distance between precise marks of this bar at 0°C.
Although the alloy the prototype meter was made of does not oxidize, is hard, an