Conversion formula

The conversion factor from millimeters to meters is 0.001, which means that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.001 meters:

1 mm = 0.001 m

To convert 1042.5 millimeters into meters we have to multiply 1042.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from millimeters to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mm → 0.001 m

1042.5 mm → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 1042.5 mm × 0.001 m

L_(m) = 1.0425 m

The final result is:

1042.5 mm → 1.0425 m

We conclude that 1042.5 millimeters is equivalent to 1.0425 meters:

1042.5 millimeters = 1.0425 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.95923261390887 × 1042.5 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 1042.5 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.95923261390887 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand forty-two point five millimeters is approximately one point zero four three meters:

1042.5 mm ≅ 1.043 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point nine five nine times one thousand forty-two point five millimeters.

Conversion table

millimeters to meters chart

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