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 500 meters into centimeters we have to multiply 500 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

500 m → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 500 m × 100 cm

L_(cm) = 50000 cm

The final result is:

500 m → 50000 cm

We conclude that 500 meters is equivalent to 50000 centimeters:

500 meters = 50000 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 2.0E-5 × 500 meters.

Another way is saying that 500 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0E-5 centimeters.

Approximate result

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

500 m ≅ 50000 cm

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