Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to centimeters is 100, which means that 1 meter is equal to 100 centimeters:

1 m = 100 cm

To convert 17 meters into centimeters we have to multiply 17 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from meters to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 m → 100 cm

17 m → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 17 m × 100 cm

L_(cm) = 1700 cm

The final result is:

17 m → 1700 cm

We conclude that 17 meters is equivalent to 1700 centimeters:

17 meters = 1700 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 0.00058823529411765 × 17 meters.

Another way is saying that 17 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00058823529411765 centimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventeen meters is approximately one thousand seven hundred centimeters:

17 m ≅ 1700 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero point zero zero one times seventeen meters.

Conversion table

meters to centimeters chart

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