Cookbook:Centimetre (cm)
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The cm is the symbol for centimetre (centimeter in United States spelling), which is an SI unit of measurement for length. It is equal to 1/100 m. There are 2.54 cm per inch. There are 10 mm per cm.
As many recipes have been crudely converted from one system to another, a similarly crude conversion back may yield the original recipe.
| cm | inches |
|---|---|
| 0.25 | 1/10 |
| 0.3 | 1/8 |
| 0.5 | 3/16 |
| 0.5 | 2/10 |
| 0.6 | 1/4 |
| 1 | 3/8 |
| 1.5 | 5/8 |
| 2 | 3/4 |
| 2 | 8/10 |
| 2.5 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 + 1/8 |
| 4 | 1 + 1/2 |
| 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 + 1/3 |
| 7 | 2 + 3/4 |
| 8 | 3 + 1/8 |
| 9 | 3 + 1/2 |
| 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 + 1/3 |
| 12 | 4 + 3/4 |
| 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 5 + 1/2 |
| 15 | 6 |
| 18 | 7 |
| 19 | 7 + 1/2 |
| 20 | 8 |
| 30 | 12 |