501 centimeters in meters

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 501 centimeters into meters we have to multiply 501 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

501 cm → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 501 cm × 0.01 m

L_(m) = 5.01 m

The final result is:

501 cm → 5.01 m

We conclude that 501 centimeters is equivalent to 5.01 meters:

501 centimeters = 5.01 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.19960079840319 × 501 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 501 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.19960079840319 meters.

Approximate result

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

501 cm ≅ 5.01 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point two times five hundred one 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