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 1.2 meters into centimeters we have to multiply 1.2 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

1.2 m → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 1.2 m × 100 cm

L_(cm) = 120 cm

The final result is:

1.2 m → 120 cm

We conclude that 1.2 meters is equivalent to 120 centimeters:

1.2 meters = 120 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 0.0083333333333333 × 1.2 meters.

Another way is saying that 1.2 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0083333333333333 centimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one point two meters is approximately one hundred twenty centimeters:

1.2 m ≅ 120 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero point zero zero eight times one point two 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