Unit Converter
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 1000 centimeters into millimeters we have to multiply 1000 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
1000 cm → L(mm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in millimeters:
L(mm) = 1000 cm × 10 mm
L(mm) = 10000 mm
The final result is:
1000 cm → 10000 mm
We conclude that 1000 centimeters is equivalent to 10000 millimeters:
1000 centimeters = 10000 millimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 millimeter is equal to 0.0001 × 1000 centimeters.
Another way is saying that 1000 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001 millimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand centimeters is approximately ten thousand millimeters:
1000 cm ≅ 10000 mm
An alternative is also that one millimeter is approximately zero times one thousand 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
centimeters (cm) | millimeters (mm) |
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1001 centimeters | 10010 millimeters |
1002 centimeters | 10020 millimeters |
1003 centimeters | 10030 millimeters |
1004 centimeters | 10040 millimeters |
1005 centimeters | 10050 millimeters |
1006 centimeters | 10060 millimeters |
1007 centimeters | 10070 millimeters |
1008 centimeters | 10080 millimeters |
1009 centimeters | 10090 millimeters |
1010 centimeters | 10100 millimeters |