5 centimeters equals 1.968505 inches.
How many inches in 5 cm?
Unit System | Units Examples |
The metric system | millimeters (mm), centimeter (cm), decimeter (dm), meter (m), dekameter (dam), hectometer (hm), and so on. |
Imperial units | inch (″), foot (ft), yard (yd), mile, nautical mile (nm), fathom, furlong, Thousandth of an inch… |
The Chinese system | li, zhang, chi, cun, fen… |
But how many inches in 5 centimeters? As we know, there are 0.393701 inches in 1 cm and 2.54 cm in an inch. Let’s convert – how much is 5 cm in inches?
So,
# Option 1:
. 1 cm = 0.393701 inches
. 5 cm = 5 x 0.393701 inches
5 cm = 5 cm ✖️ 0.393701 in = 1.968505 inches ≈ 1.968 inches
(PS: cm = centimeter(plural: centimeters), in = inch (plural: inches))
OR
# Option 2:
. 1 in = 2.54 cm
. 1 cm = 1/2.54 inches
5 cm = 5 cm ➗ 2.54 cm ≈ 1.968 inches
or 5 x 1/2.54 inches ≈ 1.968 inches
5 cm ≈ 1.968 inches
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