480 meters in centimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 480 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: 480 ⁢ m = 48000 ⁢ cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 2.08333333333333e-05 times 480 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 480 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{2.08333333333333e-05}}$ centimeters.

Approximation

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