100 centimeters in inches

Conversion formula
How to convert 100 centimeters to inches?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{cm}\approx 0.39370079\mathrm{in}$

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

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

Conclusion: 100 ⁢ cm ≈ 39.370079000000004 ⁢ in

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 inch is equal to 0.0254 times 100 centimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 100 centimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0254}}$ inches.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: one hundred centimeters is about thirty-nine point three six inches, or alternatively, a inch is about zero point zero three times one hundred centimeters.