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 99 centimeters into millimeters we have to multiply 99 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

99 cm → L_(mm)

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

L_(mm) = 99 cm × 10 mm

L_(mm) = 990 mm

The final result is:

99 cm → 990 mm

We conclude that 99 centimeters is equivalent to 990 millimeters:

99 centimeters = 990 millimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 millimeter is equal to 0.001010101010101 × 99 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 99 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.001010101010101 millimeters.

Approximate result

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

99 cm ≅ 990 mm

An alternative is also that one millimeter is approximately zero point zero zero one times ninety-nine 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