Millimeter (abbreviation: mm): is a unit of length in the SI metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre. Therefore, there are thousand millimetres in a metre and ten millimetres in a centimetre.
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.
How to Convert Millimeters to Meters
Example: How many meters are equivalent to 86.02 millimeters?
As;
1 millimeters = 0.001 meters
86.02 millimeters = Y meters
Assuming Y is the answer, and by criss-cross principle;
Y equals 86.02 times 0.001 over 1
(i.e.) Y = 86.02 * 0.001 / 1 = 0.08602 meters
Answer is: 0.08602 meters are equivalent to 86.02 millimeters.
Practice Question: Convert the following units into m:
N.B.: After working out the answer to each of the next questions, click adjacent button to see the correct answer.
( i ) 99.22 mm
( ii ) 27.91 mm
( iii ) 79.69 mm
