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