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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from inches to meters is 0.0254, which means that 1 inch is equal to 0.0254 meters:

1 in = 0.0254 m

To convert 8 inches into meters we have to multiply 8 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from inches to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 in → 0.0254 m

8 in → L(m)

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

L(m) = 8 in × 0.0254 m

L(m) = 0.2032 m

The final result is:

8 in → 0.2032 m

We conclude that 8 inches is equivalent to 0.2032 meters:

8 inches = 0.2032 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 4.9212598425197 × 8 inches.

Another way is saying that 8 inches is equal to 1 ÷ 4.9212598425197 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight inches is approximately zero point two zero three meters:

8 in ≅ 0.203 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately four point nine two one times eight inches.

Conversion table

inches to meters chart

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

inches (in) meters (m)
9 inches 0.229 meters
10 inches 0.254 meters
11 inches 0.279 meters
12 inches 0.305 meters
13 inches 0.33 meters
14 inches 0.356 meters
15 inches 0.381 meters
16 inches 0.406 meters
17 inches 0.432 meters
18 inches 0.457 meters