48 meters in centimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 48 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: 48 ⁢ m = 4800 ⁢ cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.000208333333333333 times 48 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 48 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.000208333333333333}}$ centimeters.

Approximation

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