55 meters in centimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 55 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: 55 ⁢ m = 5500 ⁢ cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 0.000181818181818182 times 55 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 55 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.000181818181818182}}$ centimeters.

Approximation

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