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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from inches to meters is 0.0254, which means that 1 inch is equal to 0.0254 meters:

1 in = 0.0254 m

To convert 1 inch into meters we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from inches to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 in → 0.0254 m

1 in → L(m)

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

L(m) = 1 in × 0.0254 m

L(m) = 0.0254 m

The final result is:

1 in → 0.0254 m

We conclude that 1 inch is equivalent to 0.0254 meters:

1 inch = 0.0254 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 39.370078740157 × 1 inch.

Another way is saying that 1 inch is equal to 1 ÷ 39.370078740157 meters.

Approximate result

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

1 in ≅ 0.025 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately thirty-nine point three seven times one inch.

Conversion table

inches to meters chart

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

inches (in) meters (m)
2 inches 0.051 meters
3 inches 0.076 meters
4 inches 0.102 meters
5 inches 0.127 meters
6 inches 0.152 meters
7 inches 0.178 meters
8 inches 0.203 meters
9 inches 0.229 meters
10 inches 0.254 meters
11 inches 0.279 meters