Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from centimeters to millimeters is 10, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 10 millimeters:
1 cm = 10 mm
To convert 100 centimeters into millimeters we have to multiply 100 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to millimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 cm → 10 mm
100 cm → L(mm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in millimeters:
L(mm) = 100 cm × 10 mm
L(mm) = 1000 mm
The final result is:
100 cm → 1000 mm
We conclude that 100 centimeters is equivalent to 1000 millimeters:
100 centimeters = 1000 millimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 millimeter is equal to 0.001 × 100 centimeters.
Another way is saying that 100 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.001 millimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred centimeters is approximately one thousand millimeters:
100 cm ≅ 1000 mm
An alternative is also that one millimeter is approximately zero point zero zero one times one hundred centimeters.
Conversion table
centimeters to millimeters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from centimeters to millimeters
centimeters (cm) | millimeters (mm) |
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101 centimeters | 1010 millimeters |
102 centimeters | 1020 millimeters |
103 centimeters | 1030 millimeters |
104 centimeters | 1040 millimeters |
105 centimeters | 1050 millimeters |
106 centimeters | 1060 millimeters |
107 centimeters | 1070 millimeters |
108 centimeters | 1080 millimeters |
109 centimeters | 1090 millimeters |
110 centimeters | 1100 millimeters |