When do you use centimeters to measure?

Answer 1

Yes. Depends on the distance - on what you call small. A width of a finger is roughly 2 cm. For smaller objects, mm. are often used, for yet smaller objects um (micrometers, also called microns - the "u" should actually be the Greek letter mu), or nanometers.

Answer 2

Centimeters are commonly used to measure smaller lengths, such as the dimensions of objects, the height of a person, or the length of a small distance. They are particularly useful for measurements that are less than a meter in length.

Answer 3

You use centimeters to measure when what your measuring is shorter than an inch.

Answer 4

There are ten decimeters in one meter. So decimeters would make sense to use when you are talking about things that are smaller than one meter.