How do I convert meters to inches?
Roughly, multiply by 39.37. That's rounded – the exact route is to divide by 0.0254, since an inch is defined as 2.54 cm – but the difference is too small to matter.
So 2 m is 78.74 in, and someone 1.8 m tall is 70.87 in, or 5 ft 10.87 in.
A metre is about 3.37 in longer than a yard, which is why a metre rule overhangs an old yardstick.
What is a meter?
The meter is the SI base unit of length and is equal to 100 centimeters or 1,000 millimeters. It was originally defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the equator along the meridian through Paris. Since 1983 it has been the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
What is an inch?
An inch is a length unit normally used in the United States and, occasionally, in the United Kingdom. It is defined as a twelth (1/12th) of a foot. The inch is normally subdivided into fractions of an inch such as the ½, ¼ and ⅛.
An inch was originally the width of a man's thumb. It is still the everyday length unit in the United States, and TV and computer screens are sold by their size in inches worldwide.
Inches are used in combination with other units of imperial measurement such as feet and yards. For example, a standard door in the United States a football field is 100 yards long or 300 feet or 3,600 inches.