1 centimeter (cm) is equal to 0.01 meters (m). This conversion comes from the metric system, where the base unit for length is the meter. A centimeter is one hundredth of a meter, meaning that there are 100 centimeters in a single meter.
To express this mathematically, you can use the following formula: meters = centimeters ÷ 100. Therefore, if you have any measurement in centimeters, you simply divide that number by 100 to convert it to meters.
For example, if you have 50 cm, you can convert it to meters by calculating: 50 cm ÷ 100 = 0.5 m.