Centimeters to Meters Converter
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How to convert Centimeters to Meters
Multiply the centimeters value by 0.01: 1 cm = 0.01 m. Going the other way, 1 m = 100 cm, so divide by 0.01 or use the Meters to Centimeters converter.
About these units
Centimeters (cm)
A centimeter is one hundredth of a meter, roughly the width of a fingernail. It is the everyday metric unit for body measurements and small objects; one inch is exactly 2.54 cm.
Meters (m)
The meter is the SI base unit of length, defined by the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. All other metric lengths are decimal multiples of it.
Centimeters to Meters conversion table
| Centimeters (cm) | Meters (m) |
|---|---|
| 1 cm | 0.01 m |
| 2 cm | 0.02 m |
| 3 cm | 0.03 m |
| 4 cm | 0.04 m |
| 5 cm | 0.05 m |
| 10 cm | 0.1 m |
| 20 cm | 0.2 m |
| 25 cm | 0.25 m |
| 50 cm | 0.5 m |
| 100 cm | 1 m |
| 500 cm | 5 m |
| 1,000 cm | 10 m |
More centimeters conversions
- Centimeters to Kilometers1 cm = 1e-5 km
- Centimeters to Millimeters1 cm = 10 mm
- Centimeters to Micrometers1 cm = 10,000 µm
- Centimeters to Nanometers1 cm = 1e+7 nm
- Centimeters to Decimeters1 cm = 0.1 dm
- Centimeters to Feet1 cm = 0.0328084 ft
- Centimeters to Light Years1 cm = 1.057e-18 ly
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