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The Relationship Between Metres and Centimetres

This document explains the relationship between metres and centimetres. It shows that 1 metre equals 100 centimetres, and provides examples of converting between the two units of measurement. For instance, 2 metres and 80 centimetres would be written as 280 centimetres. The document also includes practice problems for the reader to convert measurements from centimetres to metres and vice versa.

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The Relationship Between Metres and Centimetres

This document explains the relationship between metres and centimetres. It shows that 1 metre equals 100 centimetres, and provides examples of converting between the two units of measurement. For instance, 2 metres and 80 centimetres would be written as 280 centimetres. The document also includes practice problems for the reader to convert measurements from centimetres to metres and vice versa.

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The Relationship Between Metres and Centimetres

Metres = m
Centimetres = cm

20 cm

20 cm

20 cm

20 cm

20 cm

20 cm + 20 cm + 20 cm + 20 cm + 20 cm = 100 cm
1m =

100 cm

2m =

200 cm

Write in centimetres

a) 2 m 80 cm = ________cm
2 m 80 cm = 200 cm + 80 cm
= 280 cm
b) 5 m 40 cm = ________cm
5 m 40 cm = 500 cm + 40 cm
= 500 cm

Write in metres

c) 300 cm = __m
= 3m

d) 800 cm = ___m
= 8m

Write in metres and centimetres

e) 450 cm = ___m _____cm


450 cm = 400 cm + 50 cm
= 4 m 50 cm
d) 730 cm = ___m _____cm
730 cm = 700 cm + 30 cm
= 7 m + 30 cm

Lets try
1) Write in centimetres

a) 10 m

= ____cm

b) 1 m 5 cm = ____cm
c) 90 m

= ____cm

d) 9 m 50 cm = ____cm

2) Write in metres

a) 200 cm

= ____m

b) 500 cm

= ____m

c) 700 cm

= ____m

d) 800 cm

= ____m

3) Write in metres and centimetres

a) 750 cm

= ____m ____cm

b) 302 cm

= ____m ____cm

c) 496 cm

= ____m ____cm

d) 865 cm

= ____m ____cm

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