5 millimeters in centimeters


Conversion

5 millimeters is equivalent to 0.5 centimeters.[1]


Conversion formula
How to convert 5 millimeters to centimeters?

We know (by definition) that: 1mm = 0.1cm

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of centimeters.

1 mm 5 mm = 0.1 cm x cm

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x cm = 5 mm 1 mm * 0.1 cm x cm = 0.5 cm

Conclusion: 5 mm = 0.5 cm


5 millimeters is equivalent to 0.5 centimeters

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 2 times 5 millimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 5 millimeters is equal to 1 2 centimeters.


Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five millimeters is about zero centimeters, or alternatively, a centimeter is about zero times five millimeters.



Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.

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