5 inches in centimeters

Result

The conversion result is: 5 inches is equivalent to 12.7 centimeters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 inches to centimeters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 in = 2.54 cm.

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

1 in / 5 in = 2.54 cm / x cm

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

x cm = (5 in / 1 in) * 2.54 cm → x cm = 12.7 cm

Conclusion:

5 in = 12.7 cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.078740157480315 times 5 inches.

It can also be expressed as: 5 inches is equal to 1 / 0.078740157480315 centimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five inches is about zero centimeters, or alternatively, a centimeter is about zero point zero eight times five inches.

Units involved

This is how the units in this conversion are defined:

Inches

The inch (abbreviation: in or ″) is a unit of length in the imperial and United States customary systems of measurement now formally equal to 1⁄36 yard but usually understood as 1⁄12 of a foot. Derived from the Roman uncia (twelfth), inch is also sometimes used to translate related units in other measurement systems, usually understood as deriving from the width of the human thumb. Traditional standards for the exact length of an inch have varied in the past, but since the adoption of the international yard during the 1950s and 1960s it has been based on the metric system and defined as exactly 2.54 cm.

Centimeters

A centimetre (symbol cm) or centimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of 1⁄100.

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.

Result

Conversion formula How to convert 5 inches to centimeters?

Conversion in the opposite direction

Approximation

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 inches to centimeters?