Is 10 cm is equal to 1000 mm?

Answer 1

Covert to the same units then a comparison can be made,

The centi- prefix means one hundredth (1/100 = 0,.01)

→ 1 cm = 1/100 m

→ 10 cm = 10 × 1/100 m = 1/10 m = 0.1 m

The milli- prefix means one thousandth (1/1000 = 0.001)

→ 1 mm = 1/1000 m

→ 1000 mm = 1000 × 1/1000 m = 1 m

0.1 m ≠ 1 m

→ 10 cm ≠ 1000 mm

No. 10 cm does not equal 1000 mm.

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1 cm = 1/100 m

→ 100 cm = 100 × 1/100 m = 1 m

→ 100 cm = 1000 mm (from above 1000 mm = 1 m)

→ 1 cm = 10 mm

→ 10 cm = 10 × 10 m = 100 mm