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 2400 meters into centimeters we have to multiply 2400 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

2400 m → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 2400 m × 100 cm

L_(cm) = 240000 cm

The final result is:

2400 m → 240000 cm

We conclude that 2400 meters is equivalent to 240000 centimeters:

2400 meters = 240000 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 4.1666666666667E-6 × 2400 meters.

Another way is saying that 2400 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 4.1666666666667E-6 centimeters.

Approximate result

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

2400 m ≅ 240000 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times two thousand four hundred 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