6 metres is the same as how many centimetres?

1 Answer

6 meters is the same as 600 centimeters.

Explanation:

Here's the pattern to metric prefixes:

color(red)("K" color(white)(000)"H" color(white)(0000)"D" color(white)(0000)"M" color(white)(0000)"D" color(white)(0000)"C" color(white)(0000)"M")
color(blue)("Kilo, Heco, Deca, Meter, Deci, Centi, Mili")

Lets start with Meter. Lets not worry about the units before it.

color(red)("M" color(white)(0000)"D" color(white)(000000000)"C" color(white)(000000000)"M")
color(blue)("Meter, Decimeter, Centimeter, Milimeter")

color(green)("Meter") is going to stay in the color(orange)("ones") digit.
color(green)("Decimeter") is going to be the color(Orange)("tenths") place.
color(green)("Centimeter") is going to be in the color(orange)("hundredths") place, and
color(green)("Milimeter") is going to b in the color(orange)("thousandths") place.

Since you want to change the 6 meters into centimeters, you will just change it to the color(orange)("hundreths") place. This will change the 6 meters to 600 centimeters.