120 meters in centimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 120 meters to centimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{m}=100\mathrm{cm}$

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

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

Conclusion: 120 ⁢ m = 12000 ⁢ cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 8.33333333333333e-05 times 120 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 120 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{8.33333333333333e-05}}$ centimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: one hundred and twenty meters is about twelve thousand centimeters, or alternatively, a centimeter is about zero times one hundred and twenty meters.