Conversion formula

The conversion factor from millimeters to meters is 0.001, which means that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.001 meters:

1 mm = 0.001 m

To convert 4.5 millimeters into meters we have to multiply 4.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from millimeters to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mm → 0.001 m

4.5 mm → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 4.5 mm × 0.001 m

L_(m) = 0.0045 m

The final result is:

4.5 mm → 0.0045 m

We conclude that 4.5 millimeters is equivalent to 0.0045 meters:

4.5 millimeters = 0.0045 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 222.22222222222 × 4.5 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 4.5 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 222.22222222222 meters.

Approximate result

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

4.5 mm ≅ 0.005 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately two hundred twenty-two point two two two times four point five millimeters.

Conversion table

millimeters to meters chart

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