Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to meters is 0.01, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.01 meters:

1 cm = 0.01 m

To convert 1480 centimeters into meters we have to multiply 1480 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 0.01 m

1480 cm → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 1480 cm × 0.01 m

L_(m) = 14.8 m

The final result is:

1480 cm → 14.8 m

We conclude that 1480 centimeters is equivalent to 14.8 meters:

1480 centimeters = 14.8 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.067567567567568 × 1480 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1480 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.067567567567568 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand four hundred eighty centimeters is approximately fourteen point eight meters:

1480 cm ≅ 14.8 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero six eight times one thousand four hundred eighty centimeters.

Conversion table

centimeters to meters chart

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