42 millimeters in meters

Result

The conversion result is: 42 millimeters is equivalent to 0.042 meters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 42 millimeters to meters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 mm = 0.001 m.

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

1 mm / 42 mm = 0.001 m / x m

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

x m = (42 mm / 1 mm) * 0.001 m → x m = 0.042 m

Conclusion:

42 mm = 0.042 m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 23.8095238095238 times 42 millimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 42 millimeters is equal to 1 / 23.8095238095238 meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-two millimeters is about zero point zero four meters, or alternatively, a meter is about twenty-three point eight zero times forty-two millimeters.