480 millimeters in meters

Result

The conversion result is: 480 millimeters is equivalent to 0.48 meters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 480 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 / 480 mm = 0.001 m / x m

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

x m = (480 mm / 1 mm) * 0.001 m → x m = 0.48 m

Conclusion:

480 mm = 0.48 m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 2.08333333333333 times 480 millimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 480 millimeters is equal to 1 / 2.08333333333333 meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: four hundred and eighty millimeters is about zero meters, or alternatively, a meter is about two point zero eight times four hundred and eighty millimeters.