Question

How do you convert \[108{\text{ }}centimeters{\text{ }}to{\text{ }}meter\]?

Answer 1

Hint: To convert \[108{\text{ }}centimeters{\text{ }}to{\text{ }}meter\].
We all know that distances are measured in some units. These units are millimeter(mm), centimeter (cm), meter(m), kilometer(km). So in these questions we need to convert one of its units(cm) into its other units (m). Now, we will use a basic conversion which we all know that
\[1cm = \dfrac{1}{{100}}meter{\text{ }}or{\text{ }}1m = 100cm\]
Furthermore, we can convert meter into kilometer or centimeter into millimeter according to the requirement of question. We can also convert millimeters into kilometers directly. So, now we will use this conversion to convert \[108{\text{ }}centimeters{\text{ }}to{\text{ }}meter\].

Complete step by step solution:
We know that
\[1m = 100cm\]or we can write it as \[1cm = \dfrac{1}{{100}}m\]
{Now if value of one piece is known we can find the value for n pieces using unitary method that \[\begin{array}{l}
for{\text{ }}1{\text{ }}piece \to Rs.100\\
for{\text{ }}n{\text{ }}piece \to Rs.{\text{ }}n \times 100
\end{array}\]}
Same method we will apply here,
For \[108cm = 108 \times \dfrac{1}{{100}}m\]
By dividing \[108{\text{ }}by{\text{ }}100\], we get
\[\dfrac{{108}}{{100}}m = 1.08m\]

So, our required answer is \[1.08m\].

Note:
We can directly convert a centimeter into meters by placing a decimal after leaving two digits from the right-hand side. We can also convert centimeters into kilometers directly by dividing it \[by\,100000\] and we can also convert centimeters into millimeters by multiplying it by \[by\,10\]. We can also convert millimeters directly into kilometers by dividing it \[by\,1000000\]. Some other units for distances are feet, inches. We can convert meters into feet as well as inches also.