Converting Millimeters to Meters Example Problem

This example problem demonstrates how to convert millimeters to meters. Millimeters to Meters Problem Express 5810 millimeters in meters. Solution 1 meter 1000 millimetersSet up the conversion so  that the desired unit will be canceled out. In this case, we want m to be the remaining unit.distance in m (distance in mm) x (1 m/1000 mm)distance in m (5810/1000) mdistance in m 5.810 m Answer 5810 millimeters is 5.810 meters.