not a lot of things but if you take a look around your house with a ruler maybe that could help
A metre stick.
You would measure it in centimeters.
centimeters are a measure of length whereas milliliters are a measure of volume.However, cubic centimeters are a measure of volume and 1 ml = 1 cm3.
100 millimeters = 10 centimeters(100 millimeters)/(10millimeters/centimeter) = 10 centimeters
There are 100 centimeters in 1 meter. So in a square that is 1 meter by 1 meter, in centimeters, it is 100 centimeters by 100 centimeters. That makes the square 10000 square centimeters.
There are 100 centimeters in one meter
Liquid volume.
gallon is used to measure capacity, centimeters are used to measure length and width
Since meters are 100 times larger than centimeters, simply multiply centimeters by 100(if you want meters)and divide meters by 100(if you want centimeters).
By unit of length and distance and conversion ,we can say that centimeters is used in rulers to measure to small objects.
Peoples' heights, Size of furniture, fabrics
a meter
Usually anything that you would normally measure in inches or feet
Multiply it by 100: 1.58 meters = 158 centimeters
you can measure anything in centimeters but most things would be really big and you would want to measure them with something else
a kilometer is 1000 meters and a meter is 100 centimeters. you could get a meter stick or use centimeters
The vernier calipers is used to measure length of small objects to an accuracy of 0.01 centimeters.
cm is the abbreviation of centimeter, 1/100 of one meter