That's like saying 'Why does a mile have to be exactly 1760 yards?'. Somebody decided to make a measiurement called a metre and that it would have 100 cm.
There is exactly 100 cm in a meter. (m)
100 centimeters is exactly equal to one meter.
There are exactly 100 centimeters in one meter. The prefix "-centi" means 1/100.
1 meter is 100 cm
Exactly one hundred. The metric system is based on multiples of ten. 100 1m = 100cm
There are: 100 cm in a meter
280 cm 1 meter is 100 cm. 2.8 meter * 100 cm/meter = 280 cm
Divide (cm) by 100 to get meter. 10 cm = 0.1 meter
1 meter = 100 cm400 cm:= 400 cm * 1 meter/100 cm= 400 meter/100= 0.4 meterAnswer: 400 cm = 0.4 meter
8 meter exactly 7.65 m 1 meter = 100 centimeters 1 centimeter = 0.01 meter
There are exactly 100centimeters in a meter. 1 meter = 100 centimeters Abbreviation for meters : m Abbreviation for centimeters : cm
By unit of length and distance and conversion ,we can say that 1 m=100 cm