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 500.5 millimeters into meters we have to multiply 500.5 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

500.5 mm → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 500.5 mm × 0.001 m

L_(m) = 0.5005 m

The final result is:

500.5 mm → 0.5005 m

We conclude that 500.5 millimeters is equivalent to 0.5005 meters:

500.5 millimeters = 0.5005 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 1.998001998002 × 500.5 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 500.5 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.998001998002 meters.

Approximate result

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

500.5 mm ≅ 0.501 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately one point nine nine eight times five hundred 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