How do you convert 500 centimeters to meters?
3 Answers
I got 5 meters
Explanation:
You know that 1 meter is made up of 100 cm;
now, if you have 500 cm you'll get 5 times 100 cm or 5 meters.
5 meters
Explanation:
1 m = 100 cm
2 m = 200 cm
3 m = 300 cm
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5 m = 500 cm
If you ever get confused by conversions use ratio
500 centimetres = 5 metres
Explanation:
Known: 1 metre = 100 centimetres
Write the ratio in fraction form giving:
But we need 500 centimetres so it is correct to write:
Looking at the bottom numbers (denominators) we need to be able to change the 100 into 500
Multiply by 1 but in the form of