48 meters in centimeters

Result

The conversion result is: 48 meters is equivalent to 4800 centimeters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 48 meters to centimeters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 m = 100 cm.

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

1 m / 48 m = 100 cm / x cm

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

x cm = (48 m / 1 m) * 100 cm → x cm = 4800 cm

Conclusion:

48 m = 4800 cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.000208333333333333 times 48 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 48 meters is equal to 1 / 0.000208333333333333 centimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-eight meters is about four thousand, eight hundred centimeters, or alternatively, a centimeter is about zero times forty-eight meters.