Question

Mariyam, a marine biologist, measures the length of a great white shark at 4.5 m long and its teeth at an average of 50 mm long. She wants to convert both measurements to centimeters.

What should her new numbers be?

Answer 1

Length 4.5m (100 cms in 1 Metre) therefore length would be = 450cm
Tooth 50mm (10mm in 1 cm) therefore tooth would be 5cm

Answer 2

Her new numbers are 450 and 5.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given information:

Length of white shark = 4.5 m

Length of its teeth = 50 mm

She wants to convert both measurements to centimeters.

We know that,

1 m = 100 cm

Using the above conversion we get

4.5 m = 4.5 × 100 = 450 cm

The length of white shark is 450 cm.

We know that,

1 mm = 0.1 cm

Using the above conversion we get

50 mm = 50 × 0.1 = 5 cm

The length of its teeth is 5 cm.