5 millimeters in meters

Result

The conversion result is: 5 millimeters is equivalent to 0.005 meters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 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 / 5 mm = 0.001 m / x m

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

x m = (5 mm / 1 mm) * 0.001 m → x m = 0.005 m

Conclusion:

5 mm = 0.005 m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 200 times 5 millimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 5 millimeters is equal to 1 / 200 meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five millimeters is about zero point zero one meters, or alternatively, a meter is about two hundred times five millimeters.