397 meters in centimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 397 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: 397 ⁢ m = 39700 ⁢ cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 2.51889168765743e-05 times 397 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 397 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{2.51889168765743e-05}}$ centimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: three hundred and ninety-seven meters is about thirty-nine thousand, seven hundred centimeters, or alternatively, a centimeter is about zero times three hundred and ninety-seven meters.