Conversion formula

The conversion factor from millimeters to centimeters is 0.1, which means that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.1 centimeters:

1 mm = 0.1 cm

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

1 mm → 0.1 cm

1 mm → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 1 mm × 0.1 cm

L_(cm) = 0.1 cm

The final result is:

1 mm → 0.1 cm

We conclude that 1 millimeter is equivalent to 0.1 centimeters:

1 millimeter = 0.1 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 10 × 1 millimeter.

Another way is saying that 1 millimeter is equal to 1 ÷ 10 centimeters.

Approximate result

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

1 mm ≅ 0.1 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately ten times one millimeter.

Conversion table

millimeters to centimeters chart

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