Question

Which one is greater `5000cm.` or `5` meters?

Answer 1

`5000` `cm` is a lot greater than `5` meters.

Explanation:

Each meter has `100` centimeters and therefore `5` meters are equal to `5xx100=500` `cm`.

Hence `5000` `cm` is a lot greater than `5` meters.

Answer 2

`5000` centimeters.

Explanation:

We first convert them to the same units.

`1` meter is equal to `100` centimeters. So, we have:

`5color(red)cancelcolor(black)"m"*(100 \ "cm")/(color(red)cancelcolor(black)"m")=500 \ "cm"`

Now, we clearly see that `5000` is a much bigger number than `500`, and so `5000` centimeters is greater than `5` meters.