420 meters in centimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 420 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: 420 ⁢ m = 42000 ⁢ cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 2.38095238095238e-05 times 420 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 420 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{2.38095238095238e-05}}$ centimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: four hundred and twenty meters is about forty-two thousand centimeters, or alternatively, a centimeter is about zero times four hundred and twenty meters.