500 centimeters in millimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 500 centimeters to millimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{cm}=10\mathrm{mm}$

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

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

Conclusion: 500 ⁢ cm = 5000 ⁢ mm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 millimeter is equal to 0.0002 times 500 centimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 500 centimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0002}}$ millimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five hundred centimeters is about five thousand millimeters, or alternatively, a millimeter is about zero times five hundred centimeters.