3 centimeters in millimeters


Conversion

3 centimeters is equivalent to 30 millimeters.[1]


Conversion formula
How to convert 3 centimeters to millimeters?

We know (by definition) that: 1cm = 10mm

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of millimeters.

1 cm 3 cm = 10 mm x mm

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x mm = 3 cm 1 cm * 10 mm x mm = 30 mm

Conclusion: 3 cm = 30 mm


3 centimeters is equivalent to 30 millimeters

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.0333333333333333 times 3 centimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 3 centimeters is equal to 1 0.0333333333333333 millimeters.


Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: three centimeters is about zero millimeters, or alternatively, a millimeter is about zero point zero three times three centimeters.



Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.

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