How many millimeters is 5/16 inches? The answer to this question is 5/16 of an inch equals 7.9375 millimeters.
Converting 5/16 inches to millimeters can be done in two steps. First, we need to convert the fraction 5/16 inches to decimal inches, and then convert the decimal inches to decimal millimeters.
To convert 5/16 inches from a fraction to a decimal, we simply divide the numerator 5 by the denominator 16 to get a decimal inch of 0.3125 inches.
Then, we need to understand that one inch is equal to 25.4 millimeters, so 0.3125 inch multiply by 25.4, we can get the answer of decimal inch to millimeters.
The answer and the calculation process will be listed below to clearly show you how to convert 5/16 inch to mm.
5/16 in = 0.3125 in
0.3125 in = 0.3125 in × 25.4 = 7.9375 mm