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 50 meters into centimeters we have to multiply 50 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

50 m → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 50 m × 100 cm

L_(cm) = 5000 cm

The final result is:

50 m → 5000 cm

We conclude that 50 meters is equivalent to 5000 centimeters:

50 meters = 5000 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 0.0002 × 50 meters.

Another way is saying that 50 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002 centimeters.

Approximate result

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

50 m ≅ 5000 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times fifty 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