Meter (abbreviation: m): is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The metre is the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum within 1/299792458 seconds.
Centimeter (abbreviation: cm): is a unit of length in the SI metric system, equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the prefix for a factor of 1/100. The centimetre was the base unit of length in the now deprecated centimetre–gram–second (CGS) system of units.
How to Convert Meters to Centimeters
Example: How many centimeters are equivalent to 80.38 meters?
As;
1 meters = 100 centimeters
80.38 meters = Y centimeters
Assuming Y is the answer, and by criss-cross principle;
Y equals 80.38 times 100 over 1
(i.e.) Y = 80.38 * 100 / 1 = 8038 centimeters
Answer is: 8038 centimeters are equivalent to 80.38 meters.
Practice Question: Convert the following units into cm:
N.B.: After working out the answer to each of the next questions, click adjacent button to see the correct answer.
( i ) 1.42 m
( ii ) 13.09 m
( iii ) 4.48 m
