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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 20 centimeters into meters we have to multiply 20 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

20 cm → L(m)

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

L(m) = 20 cm × 0.01 m

L(m) = 0.2 m

The final result is:

20 cm → 0.2 m

We conclude that 20 centimeters is equivalent to 0.2 meters:

20 centimeters = 0.2 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 5 × 20 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 20 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 5 meters.

Approximate result

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

20 cm ≅ 0.2 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately five times twenty 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

centimeters (cm) meters (m)
21 centimeters 0.21 meters
22 centimeters 0.22 meters
23 centimeters 0.23 meters
24 centimeters 0.24 meters
25 centimeters 0.25 meters
26 centimeters 0.26 meters
27 centimeters 0.27 meters
28 centimeters 0.28 meters
29 centimeters 0.29 meters
30 centimeters 0.3 meters