How do you convert 100 cm to meters?

2 Answers
Jul 31, 2018

Well, what do we mean by "cm"?

Explanation:

The prefix "c "-=" centi", i.e. 10^-2...

And thus 1*cm-=1xx10^-2xxm-=0.01*m...i.e. a 100th of a metre.

And likewise...the prefix "m "-=" milli", i.e. 10^-3...

1*mm-=1xx10^-3xxm-=0.001*m...i.e. a 1000th of a metre.

And so 100*cm-=100xx10^-2*m=10^2xx10^-2*m=1*m precisely...

Got all that...?

Jul 31, 2018

1 metre

Explanation:

There are 100 cm in a metre.

To convert cm->m divide by 100

To convert m->cm multiply by 100

We have 100 cm so divide by 100 and this is 1 metre