Meter (abbreviation: m): is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The metre is the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum within 1/299792458 seconds.
Inch (abbreviation: in): is a unit of length in the (British) imperial and United States customary systems of measurement now formally equal to 1/36 yard but usually taken as 1/12 of a foot.
How to Convert Meters to Inches
Example: How many inches are equivalent to 22.47 meters?
As;
1 meters = 39.37008 inches
22.47 meters = Y inches
Assuming Y is the answer, and by criss-cross principle;
Y equals 22.47 times 39.37008 over 1
(i.e.) Y = 22.47 * 39.37008 / 1 = 884.6456976 inches
Answer is: 884.6456976 inches are equivalent to 22.47 meters.
Practice Question: Convert the following units into in:
N.B.: After working out the answer to each of the next questions, click adjacent button to see the correct answer.
( i ) 71.53 m
( ii ) 44.72 m
( iii ) 96.15 m