Question

The height of a student is 172 centimeters. How tall is the student in meters?

Answer 1

1cm = 0.01m
1cm x 172 = 0.01 x 172
172cm = 1.72m

Answer 2

Since 1 cm=.01m, multiply the number of centimeters by .01 to find how many meters,
172*.01=1.72 m
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