What does 100 centimetres look like?

100-Centimetre Distance Comparisons

• 100 centimetres is about 2.4 times the short side of an A2 sheet.

  The comparison uses the published dimension, converted into the same unit before the proportion is calculated.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• For scale, 100 centimetres is about 1.3 times the height of a regulation table-tennis table.

  Using the source measurement of 76 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 1.3 of it.

  Source: International Table Tennis Federation

• 100 centimetres is about 6.6 times the height of a table-tennis net.

  Its published measurement is 15.25 centimetres; the ratio is calculated from that figure.

  Source: International Table Tennis Federation

• Measured against the short side of an A5 sheet, 100 centimetres spans about 6.8 times that reference.

  Its published measurement is 14.8 centimetres; the ratio is calculated from that figure.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• Measured against the long side of an A6 sheet, 100 centimetres spans about 6.8 times that reference.

  Using the source measurement of 14.8 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 6.8 of it.

  Source: International Organization for Standardization

• Measured against the long side of a €100 note, 100 centimetres spans about 6.8 times that reference.

  Using the source measurement of 14.7 centimetres, this comparison puts the target at 6.8 of it.

  Source: European Central Bank

• 100 centimetres is about 7.1 times the long side of a €50 note.

  The comparison uses the published dimension, converted into the same unit before the proportion is calculated.

  Source: European Central Bank

• 100 centimetres is approximately 39.4 inches.

  Using the exact conversion that 1 centimetre equals exactly 0.3937007874 inches, the unrounded result is 39.37 inches.