Question

How do you convert \[543\] centimeters to meters?

Answer 1

Hint: Here we have to convert our given number in centimeters to meters. So first we know that we have to multiply the number with \[\dfrac{1}{100}\] to convert it into meters from centimeters. So we will multiply our number with \[\dfrac{1}{100}\] and then simplify it to convert into meters.

Complete step-by-step solution:
First we should be aware of the conversion table to convert the given number.
So let us know the table of conversion for some important metrics.
1 kilometer=1000 meters
1 Hectometer=100 meters
1 decameter=10 meters
1 meter =100 centimeters
1 decimeter=10 centimeters
1 centimeter = 10 millimeter
Given conversion is from centimeter to meter.
From the given table we can see that to convert meter into centimeter we have to multiply with 100.
\[1m=100cm\]
From this we can write the conversion from centimeter into meters.
So we will get
\[1cm=\dfrac{1}{100}m\]
So we will use this conversion metric to convert our given number.
The given number is \[543cm\]
We have already seen above that to convert from centimeters to meters we have to multiply the number with \[\dfrac{1}{100}\].
So now we will multiply our number with \[\dfrac{1}{100}\].
We will get
\[\Rightarrow 543\times \dfrac{1}{100}m\]
 Now we have to simplify it to get the exact values.
\[\Rightarrow 5.43m\]
So by converting \[543\] from centimeters to meters we will get \[5.43m\].

Note: we have to be careful while doing conversions because we have to derive it correctly either it is direct multiplication or inverse multiplication. So we should be aware of conversion charts to make the problem solving easier.