Which one is greater 5000cm.5000cm. or 55 meters?

2 Answers
Oct 2, 2016

50005000 cmcm is a lot greater than 55 meters.

Explanation:

Each meter has 100100 centimeters and therefore 55 meters are equal to 5xx100=5005×100=500 cmcm.

Hence 50005000 cmcm is a lot greater than 55 meters.

Jul 3, 2018

50005000 centimeters.

Explanation:

We first convert them to the same units.

11 meter is equal to 100100 centimeters. So, we have:

5color(red)cancelcolor(black)"m"*(100 \ "cm")/(color(red)cancelcolor(black)"m")=500 \ "cm"

Now, we clearly see that 5000 is a much bigger number than 500, and so 5000 centimeters is greater than 5 meters.