Length Conversion Calculator

How to Use the ‘Length Conversion Calculator’?

Follow these steps to use the length conversion calculator:

Step 1: Enter a known value into the input box and select the given unit and required unit using the options in the drop-down menu.

Step 2: Click on the ‘Solve’ button to obtain the converted units.

Step 3: Click on the ‘Show Steps’ button to view the steps that lead to the solution of calculating the value of a specific unit.

Step 4: Click on the $fra1$ button to enter new inputs and start again.

Step 5: Click on the ‘Example’ button to input random values.

Step 6: Click on the ‘Explore’ button to know the conversion of a particular length unit into different length units simultaneously.

Step 7: When on the ‘Explore’ page, click the ‘Calculate’ button to return to the calculator.

What Is Length?

The measurement or extent of something from one end to the other end is defined as length.

Length is expressed as a quantity called the ‘unit of length’. Some of the common units of length are inches, feet, millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers, yards and miles.

How to Convert the Units of Length?

The conversion of units of length follows the basic rule that ‘multiplication is followed while converting bigger units into smaller units’, and, ‘division is followed while converting smaller units into bigger units’.

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Let us understand this with the help of a few solved examples.

Solved Examples

Example 1: Convert 180 centimeters to millimeters.

Solution:

1 centimeter is equal to 10 millimeters.

$1\text{ }cm = 10\text{ }mm $

then,

$180\text{ }cm = 180\text{}\times 10\text{ }mm $

$180\text{ }cm = 1800\text{ }m$

So, 180 centimeters is 1800 millimeters.

Example 2: Convert 180 millimeters to centimeters.

Solution:

1 millimeter is equal to $\frac{1}{10}$ centimeters.

$1\text{ }mm = \frac{1}{10}\text{ }cm$

then,

$180\text{ }mm = 180 \times \frac{1}{10}\text{ }cm$

$180\text{ }mm = 18\text{ }cm$

So, 180 millimeters is 18 centimeters.

Example 3: Convert 3 miles to yards.

Solution:

1 mile is equal to 1760 yards.

$1\text{ }mi = 1760\text{ }yd$

then,

$3\text{ }mi = 3 \times 1760\text{ }yd$

$3\text{ }mi = 5280\text{ }yd$

So, 3 miles is 5280 yards.

Example 4: Convert 375 feet to yards.

Solution:

1 foot is equal to $\frac{1}{3}$ yards.

$1\text{ } ft = \frac{1}{3}\text{ }yd$

then,

$375\text{ } ft = 375 \times \frac{1}{3}\text{ }yd$

$375\text{ } ft = 125\text{ }yd$

So, 375 feet is 125 yards.

Example 5: Convert 5 inches to centimeters.

Solution:

1 inch is equal to 2.56 centimeters.

1 in = 2.56 cm

then,

$5\text{ }in = 5 \times 2.56\text{ }cm$

$5\text{ }in = 12.8 \text{ }cm$

So, 5 inches is 12.8 centimeters.

Example 6: Convert 8.5 kilometers to meters.

Solution:

1 kilometer is equal to 1000 meters

$1 km = 1000\text{ }m$

then

$8.5\text{ }km = 8.5 \times 1000\text{ }m$

$8.5\text{ }km = 8500\text{ }m$

So, 8.5 kilometers is 8500 meters.

Why do we convert the units into one another?

In mathematics, we convert one unit to another in order to achieve accuracy and avoid confusion while taking measurements. For example, we do not measure the length of a pencil in kilometers. In this case, one must convert kilometers (km) to centimeters (cm).

Length Conversion Calculator