Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to centimeters is 100, which means that 1 meter is equal to 100 centimeters:

1 m = 100 cm

To convert 0.4 meters into centimeters we have to multiply 0.4 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from meters to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 m → 100 cm

0.4 m → L_(cm)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in centimeters:

L_(cm) = 0.4 m × 100 cm

L_(cm) = 40 cm

The final result is:

0.4 m → 40 cm

We conclude that 0.4 meters is equivalent to 40 centimeters:

0.4 meters = 40 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 0.025 × 0.4 meters.

Another way is saying that 0.4 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.025 centimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that zero point four meters is approximately forty centimeters:

0.4 m ≅ 40 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero point zero two five times zero point four meters.

Conversion table

meters to centimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from meters to centimeters