The decimal point moves to the left.
to move meters to centimeters you have to move the decimal to the right 2 times
You move it to the right.
To the left.
The decimal point moves to the right.
5 places to the left.
it is multiply by 100 so 2 moves to the right
You move the decimal point 2 places to the right when converting meters to centimeters. This is because there are 100 centimeters in 1 meter.
There are 100 centimeters in a meters. So the total would be 5600 centimeters.
One meter = 100 centimeters.
You move the decimal point two places to the right to convert meters to centimeters.
To convert 4 meters and 28 centimeters to decimal form, we first convert the centimeters to meters by dividing by 100 (since there are 100 centimeters in a meter). So, 28 centimeters is equal to 0.28 meters. Adding this to the original 4 meters gives us a total of 4.28 meters in decimal form.
Take the number of centimeters, move the decimal point 2 places this way and you have centimeters.