What is equal to 5 meters?

5 meters is the equivalent of approximately 16.4 feet. It is commonly used as a measurement of length or distance. To help visualize this length, 5 meters is roughly the same as the height of an average adult giraffe or the width of a large sedan car. In the metric system, 5 meters is part of the larger unit, the decameter, which is equal to 10 meters. On the other hand, it is 500 centimeters (cm) or 5,000 millimeters (mm).