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The conversion formula for centimetres (cm) to inches (in) conversions is as follows:
The conversion formula for inches (in) to centimetres (cm) conversions is as follows:
The centimetre is 1/100 of a metre and are often used when measuring a persons height.
SI Metric
The centimetre is defined as one hundredth of a metre.
Metre
Formal: cm
The centimetre is an SI metric unit of length with the standard SI prefix centi indicating that it is 10-2 metres.
Centimetres are the closest metric unit to the inch and are commonly shown on rulers alongside inches in countries that formerly used the inch as a unit of measurement.
Centiimetres are used worldwide for scientific applications and in the vast majority of countries worldwide in day to day use. The major exceptions being the United States and Liberia, where the metric system has not been adopted. In the UK, Canada and other former British Commonwealth countries metric units such as the centimetre may not be used all the time.
The inch is 1/36th of a yard, it is often used for measuring height, together with feet, in countries that use or have used Imperial or US Customary measurements.
Imperial & US Customary
The inch is defined as 1/36th of a yard.
Yard
Formal: in
The abbreviation ins is sometimes seen for greater than one inch.
The inch derives from Roman unciae (twelfth parts of a Roman foot) with Roman measurements being in use in Great Britain this unit may well have continued in use after the Romans left.
The earliest recorded definition of the inch defines it as three barleycorns in length, however this definition was around 1300 in the 'The Composition of Yards and Perches' according to some sources. However the Liber Horn (1311), an early book of English statutes, suggests that the inch was defined 1/36th part of an iron yard held by the king.
At some point prior to the implementation of the Weights and Measures Act of 1824 the inch had become defined as 1/36th of a yard via 36in = 3ft = 1yd and the use of standard yards. The Weights and Measures Act of 1824 was used to remove any ambiguity of definitions left by prior statutes.
Wikipedia: Liber Horn (1311) author Andrew Horn
UK National Archives: Liber Horn
Wikipedia: Composition of Yards and Perches
Wikipedia: UK Weights and Measures Acts
Inches are a standard unit of length in the United States and Liberia and are still used informally in the United Kingdom and other British Commonwealth countries that formerly used Imperial units as standard.
Conversions accurate to 9 decimal places.
Conversions accurate to 9 decimal places.
| cm | in |
| 1 | 0.39 |
| 2 | 0.79 |
| 3 | 1.18 |
| 4 | 1.57 |
| 5 | 1.97 |
| 6 | 2.36 |
| 7 | 2.76 |
| 8 | 3.15 |
| 9 | 3.54 |
| 10 | 3.94 |
| cm | in |
| 10 | 3.94 |
| 20 | 7.87 |
| 30 | 11.81 |
| 40 | 15.75 |
| 50 | 19.69 |
| 60 | 23.62 |
| 70 | 27.56 |
| 80 | 31.50 |
| 90 | 35.43 |
| 100 | 39.37 |
| cm | in |
| 100 | 39.37 |
| 200 | 78.74 |
| 300 | 118.11 |
| 400 | 157.48 |
| 500 | 196.85 |
| 600 | 236.22 |
| 700 | 275.59 |
| 800 | 314.96 |
| 900 | 354.33 |
| 1,000 | 393.70 |
| in | cm |
| 1 | 2.54 |
| 2 | 5.08 |
| 3 | 7.62 |
| 4 | 10.16 |
| 5 | 12.70 |
| 6 | 15.24 |
| 7 | 17.78 |
| 8 | 20.32 |
| 9 | 22.86 |
| 10 | 25.40 |
| 11 | 27.94 |
| 12 | 30.48 |
| in | cm |
| 12 | 30.48 |
| 24 | 60.96 |
| 36 | 91.44 |
| 48 | 121.92 |
| 60 | 152.40 |
| 72 | 182.88 |
| 84 | 213.36 |
| 96 | 243.84 |
| 108 | 274.32 |
| 120 | 304.80 |
| 132 | 335.28 |
| 144 | 365.76 |