8 millimeters in inches
Result
The conversion result is: 8 millimeters is equivalent to 0.31496062992126 inches.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 8 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 / 8 mm ≈ 0.039370079 in / x in
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x in ≈ (8 mm / 1 mm) * 0.039370079 in → x in ≈ 0.314960632 in
Conclusion:
8 mm ≈ 0.314960632 in
Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 inch is equal to 3.175 times 8 millimeters.
It can also be expressed as: 8 millimeters is equal to 1 / 3.175 inches.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: eight millimeters is about zero point three one inches, or alternatively, a inch is about three point one six times eight 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.