40 millimeters in inches

Result

The conversion result is: 40 millimeters is equivalent to 1.5748031496063 inches.[1]


Conversion formula
How to convert 40 millimeters to inches?

We know (by definition) that: 1 mm ≈ 0.039370079 in.

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

1 mm / 40 mm ≈ 0.039370079 in / x in

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

x in ≈ (40 mm / 1 mm) * 0.039370079 in x in ≈ 1.57480316 in

Conclusion:

40 mm ≈ 1.57480316 in


Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 inch is equal to 0.635 times 40 millimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 40 millimeters is equal to 1 / 0.635 inches.


Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty millimeters is about one point five seven inches, or alternatively, a inch is about zero point six four times forty 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.