2 meters is equal to 2000 millimeters. To convert meters to millimeters, multiply by 1000, and to convert millimeters to meters divide by 1000. (Meters to milimeters: move decimal to right 3 times, and millimeters to meters, 3 times to the left.)
first you move the decimal one space to the left since cenimeters is one unit above millimeters and that's your only step.
To the left.
Move the decimal place over to the left once to convert the smaller millimeters to the larger centimeters and vice versa.
Left
To convert millimeters to centimeters, you move the decimal one place to the left!
400 millimeters = 4 decimeters Edit: Remember that the units for decimeters and millimeters are written in all lower case letters (dm and mm). A capital M mean mega- instead of milli- which means the decimal point can be 12 places too far to the left or the right.
2 meters is equal to 2000 millimeters. To convert meters to millimeters, multiply by 1000, and to convert millimeters to meters divide by 1000. (Meters to milimeters: move decimal to right 3 times, and millimeters to meters, 3 times to the left.)
first you move the decimal one space to the left since cenimeters is one unit above millimeters and that's your only step.
To convert millimeters to centimeters, divide by 10. Therefore, 0.7 millimeters is equal to 0.07 centimeters.
To the left.
There are 10 millimetres in one centimetre. Therefore, to convert a value, such as 7.63 centimetres, to metres, you multiply by 10 to get 76.3 millimetres - thus moving the decimal point to the right.
Move the decimal place over to the left once to convert the smaller millimeters to the larger centimeters and vice versa.
To convert micrometers to millimeters, you need to move the decimal point 3 places to the left because 1 millimeter is equal to 1000 micrometers. So, the decimal moves 3 places to the left.
It moves Left
Left
To the left.