Unit Converter
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 21 centimeters into meters we have to multiply 21 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
21 cm → L(m)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:
L(m) = 21 cm × 0.01 m
L(m) = 0.21 m
The final result is:
21 cm → 0.21 m
We conclude that 21 centimeters is equivalent to 0.21 meters:
21 centimeters = 0.21 meters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 4.7619047619048 × 21 centimeters.
Another way is saying that 21 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 4.7619047619048 meters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty-one centimeters is approximately zero point two one meters:
21 cm ≅ 0.21 m
An alternative is also that one meter is approximately four point seven six two times twenty-one 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) |
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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 |
31 centimeters | 0.31 meters |