how do I convert centimeters to inches and feet to meters?

Answer 1

use this online calculator to do the conversions for you.

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/length_conversion.php

Answer 2

Others have answered the question already, but I wanted to contribute an interesting historical footnote on the conversion factor.

USED TO BE TRUE: the meter is defined relative to the wavelength of a particular EMR and the centimeter was just .01 times the length of a meter. The conversion between centimeter and inch used to be very slightly higher than 2.54:1.

NOW: about 15 years ago the inch was redefined to be exactly 2.54 centimeters.

SO..? That means that once 2.54:1 was just a good approximation, today it is exactly right.

Answer 3

1 inch is best estimated as 2.54 cm. This is the standard conversion unit between length in the customary system and length in the metric system. Anything else is just a worse approximation.

So to convert centimeters to inches, divide the number of centimeters by 2.54. To convert feet to meters, realize that 2.54 cm is 0.0254 meters by definition, and 1 foot is 12 inches by definition. So take the number of feet and multiply by (12)(0.0254), which is 0.3048.

Answer 4

1 inch = 2.54 centimeters
1 foot = approximately 0.3 meters

Answer 5

55 x 40 x 23

Answer 6

centimeters to inches...divide centimeters by 2.54.

feet to meters...divide feet by 3.2808.

hope this is what you wanted, it is the answer to the question asked.

Answer 7

Multiply centimeters by .3937 to get inches.

Multiply feet by .3048 to get meters.

Answer 8

1 inch = 2.54 centimeters

one feet = .30 metres.
one metre = 3.33 feet.