Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to meters is 0.01, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.01 meters:

1 cm = 0.01 m

To convert 5000 centimeters into meters we have to multiply 5000 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 0.01 m

5000 cm → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 5000 cm × 0.01 m

L_(m) = 50 m

The final result is:

5000 cm → 50 m

We conclude that 5000 centimeters is equivalent to 50 meters:

5000 centimeters = 50 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.02 × 5000 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 5000 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.02 meters.

Approximate result

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

5000 cm ≅ 50 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero two times five thousand centimeters.

Conversion table

centimeters to meters chart

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