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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to millimeters is 10, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 10 millimeters:

1 cm = 10 mm

To convert 500 centimeters into millimeters we have to multiply 500 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to millimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 10 mm

500 cm → L(mm)

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

L(mm) = 500 cm × 10 mm

L(mm) = 5000 mm

The final result is:

500 cm → 5000 mm

We conclude that 500 centimeters is equivalent to 5000 millimeters:

500 centimeters = 5000 millimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 millimeter is equal to 0.0002 × 500 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 500 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002 millimeters.

Approximate result

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

500 cm ≅ 5000 mm

An alternative is also that one millimeter is approximately zero times five hundred centimeters.

Conversion table

centimeters to millimeters chart

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

centimeters (cm) millimeters (mm)
501 centimeters 5010 millimeters
502 centimeters 5020 millimeters
503 centimeters 5030 millimeters
504 centimeters 5040 millimeters
505 centimeters 5050 millimeters
506 centimeters 5060 millimeters
507 centimeters 5070 millimeters
508 centimeters 5080 millimeters
509 centimeters 5090 millimeters
510 centimeters 5100 millimeters