12 centimeters in millimeters

Result

The conversion result is: 12 centimeters is equivalent to 120 millimeters.[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 12 centimeters to millimeters?

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

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

1 cm / 12 cm = 10 mm / x mm

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

x mm = (12 cm / 1 cm) * 10 mm → x mm = 120 mm

Conclusion:

12 cm = 120 mm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.00833333333333333 times 12 centimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 12 centimeters is equal to 1 / 0.00833333333333333 millimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: twelve centimeters is about one hundred and twenty millimeters, or alternatively, a millimeter is about zero point zero one times twelve 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.