242 millimeters in centimeters
Result
The conversion result is: 242 millimeters is equivalent to 24.2 centimeters.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 242 millimeters to centimeters?
We know (by definition) that: 1 mm = 0.1 cm.
We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of centimeters.
1 mm / 242 mm = 0.1 cm / x cm
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x cm = (242 mm / 1 mm) * 0.1 cm → x cm = 24.200000000000003 cm
Conclusion:
242 mm = 24.200000000000003 cm
Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.0413223140495868 times 242 millimeters.
It can also be expressed as: 242 millimeters is equal to 1 / 0.0413223140495868 centimeters.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: two hundred and forty-two millimeters is about zero centimeters, or alternatively, a centimeter is about zero point zero four times two hundred and forty-two millimeters.
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.