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. 102...

And thus 1cm1×102×m0.01m...i.e. a 100th of a metre.

And likewise...the prefix m milli, i.e. 103...

1mm1×103×m0.001m...i.e. a 1000th of a metre.

And so 100cm100×102m=102×102m=1m precisely...

Got all that...?

Jul 31, 2018

1 metre

Explanation:

There are 100 cm in a metre.

To convert cmm divide by 100

To convert mcm multiply by 100

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